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Manuscript Digest: February – March 2022 – This complimentary e-digest, now published bi-monthly, covers significant acquisitions and sales, manuscripts lost and found, rare books and ephemera, document conservation, and more […] […]
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2020 Maass Research Grant Awarded
For most of us, early medieval books equal illuminated manuscripts. So, we think of the Latin religious texts. Those beautiful prayer books with ornate gold initials and scroll work. Other books did not get these illustrations until the late 13th century. How and why that changed is the focus of [...]
Synthetic Signatures and Automated Autographs?
What is a collector to do? Should we have seen it coming? No more signing of letters? It is not what it seems. For languages that write with characters and is not based on an alphabet that is conducive to cursive there may be a new answer. A computer program [...]
Women of Ancient Rome: Reading & Writing
Evidence continues to surface indicating some women in ancient Rome could read and write. Historically, the belief is that many of the elite men in ancient Rome learned to read and often to write. It was not the domain of women. New research and discoveries challenge that assumption. Educated female [...]
Society Board of Trustees – Class of 2023
Below is the list of society members who have committed to service on the Board of Trustees for the next three years. Two are brand new and three have taken on a second term. We thank them all for their commitment to the society. The 2023 Class of Trustees of [...]
Manuscript Society Board of Trustees – 2020 Officers
Serving for two years the new Officers of the Board of Trustees have been involved with the Manuscript Society for a number of years. They are: Douglass Rohrman will segue into the presidential seat after two years as the society’s vice president. Doug is a semi-retired environmental lawyer, formerly with [...]
Thomas Paine – A Search
"These are the times that try all men's souls..." Thomas Paine [The American Crisis, 19 Dec. 1776] The OFFICIAL COLLECTED WORKS OF THOMAS PAINE Project is looking for manuscript Thomas Paine correspondence held in private hands. This Project is led by leading Paine scholars in Europe and America. Do you [...]
From “The Defence of Fort McHenry” to “Star Spangled Banner”
“The Defence of Fort M’Henry.” Not all that catchy… Not an advertisement? Sorry, not on page 1. The lines are relegated to page 2 of the newspaper. It began as a poem. The triumph of American bravery against the might of Great Britain. It became a song we sing all [...]
