Salomon Negri and the ‘Marvels of Creation’
Displayed in the ‘Curious objects’ exhibition is perhaps the finest illuminated manuscript in the Library’s Islamic manuscripts collection. It is a copy of the Persian […]
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A springtime post
To celebrate spring, and the upcoming holidays, here are a few illustrations of spring flowers from our Rare Books collections. Herbarum imagines […]
Continue reading »Recent Acquisitions: Printed Books
A previous post about the current exhibition in the entrance hall, Scribes and Printers, features recent acquisitions by the Department of Manuscripts. This post, in […]
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