This is an interesting short video about the project to convert the Vatican Library’s manuscript collection to a digital format for preservation and increased access. It’s produced by their partner, EMC Corp. Beautiful images of Rome, Vatican City and the…
A heads up about an intriguing exhibition coming to the British Library (11 November 2011 – 13 March 2012.) Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination is the British Library’s first major exhibition to bring together the Library’s Royal collection, a…
Books of the Republic of Venice May 3-June 19, 2011 at the Elizabeth Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, MA La Serenissima, or the Most Serene Republic of Venice, existed for over a millennium from the late seventh century to 1797.…
