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Manuscript Society Digest: April – May 2022
Manuscript Digest: April – May 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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Carnegie Library Thefts: Latest Updates
It began in 2017. Became public in 2018. Over 300 books, maps and manuscripts from the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, PA were missing. What turned out to be a 25 year venture between two men came to light. Discovered during an insurance audit. We have been sharing information as we [...]
2500 Islamic Manuscripts to be Digitized
Over the next three years, The National Library of Israel is making more than 2,500 rare Islamic manuscripts from its Islam and Middle East Collection freely available online. These manuscripts span the ninth through 20th centuries. The texts feature items from royal Mamluk, Mughal and Ottoman libraries. Also, the online [...]
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 [...]
