Manuscript Society Blog
June 19, 2020
Gallatin 1809 Letter Not long ago, we shared with you the gift of L. Dennis and Susan Shapiro to the [...]
June 18, 2020
It began in 2017. Became public in 2018. Over 300 books, maps and manuscripts from the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, [...]
June 16, 2020
Over the next three years, The National Library of Israel is making more than 2,500 rare Islamic manuscripts from its [...]
June 15, 2020
For most of us, early medieval books equal illuminated manuscripts. So, we think of the Latin religious texts. Those beautiful [...]
June 8, 2020
What is a collector to do? Should we have seen it coming? No more signing of letters? It is not [...]
June 5, 2020
Evidence continues to surface indicating some women in ancient Rome could read and write. Historically, the belief is that many [...]
June 3, 2020
Manuscript Digest – June 2020 – This complimentary e-digest, launched in 2012, covers significant acquisitions and sales, manuscripts lost and [...]
June 1, 2020
Below is the list of society members who have committed to service on the Board of Trustees for the next [...]
June 1, 2020
Serving for two years the new Officers of the Board of Trustees have been involved with the Manuscript Society for [...]
May 30, 2020
"These are the times that try all men's souls..." Thomas Paine [The American Crisis, 19 Dec. 1776] The OFFICIAL COLLECTED [...]
