Iowa Bibliophiles โ€“ Guest Author Megan Rosenbloom

University of Iowa Main Library, Shambaugh Auditorium 125 West Washington St, Iowa Ccity, IA, United States

Iowa Bibliophiles is a group for book lovers and enthusiasts of all kinds hosted by the Universityย of Iowa Librariesโ€™ Special Collections and Archives.ย All are welcome at this special event. Hear a talk by special guest Megan Rosenbloom, author ofย Dark Archives: A Librarianโ€™s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin. This...

Interacting with Renaissance Books: Guest Lecture with Dr. Suzanne Karr Schmidt

University of Iowa Main Library, Shambaugh Auditorium 125 West Washington St, Iowa Ccity, IA, United States

This lecture looks at the continuing life and uses of some very old books inย and outside of theย Making the Book, Past and Presentย exhibition. Starting from one of the biggest in both scale and edition size, the 1493ย Nuremberg Chronicle, which was printed from hundreds of woodcut blocks, to others containing mystical puzzles or movable parts, no...

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