40th Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair The oldest and largest antiquarian book fair in the Southeastern United States, and one of the largest in the nation. March 1-3, 2024 The Coliseum - St Petersburg, Florida Visit a number of Manuscript Society Members at their booths Stop to say hello to [...]
Peanuts comic strip by Charles Schulz from the Billy Ireland archives (photo by Nora Hickey Hyperallergic) Archie, Terry and the Pirates, Calvin and Hodges, Dick Tracy, Nancy. Some of the iconic cartoon strips found in the archives of the Billie Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at The Ohio State [...]
Florentine Codex Disguised Mexica merchants in Tzinacantlan acquiring quetzal feathers in Book 9. (all images courtesy of the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, and by permission of MiBACT) In the 16th century, as the Spanish were conquering lands in the “New World,” Bernardino de Sahagún, a Spanish Franciscan friar [...]
British Library researcher throws new light on Elizabeth I An opening from one of the manuscripts of Camden's Annals ©The British Library Board If you are as student of Tudor-Stuart English history, you will be familiar with the Camden Annals. William Camden’s Annals is a valuable source on [...]
An Illuminated Manuscript: Have you ever wondered, “How did they do that?” Every time I see one of these amazing books, produced hundreds of years ago, I walk away in wonder. Close consideration shows the incredible detail of the images and the text. Did one person create it all? Were [...]
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