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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Index, Imprimatur, and Banned Books Week
September 24 marked the beginning of Banned Books Week, a yearly celebration of the freedom to read. Books in Special Collections are no stranger to banning and censorship – most were subject to some form of official approval, and many … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection, Special Collections
Tagged banned books, galileo, imprimatur, index librorum prohibitorum
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What’s the oldest item in Special Collections?
We get this question a lot – and we posed it as a multiple-choice trivia question this week on our Facebook page. Now it’s time to reveal the answer. Which is the oldest item in Special Collections? And the winner … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection, Special Collections, Tuesday Trivia
Tagged cuneiform tablets, hebrew scroll, manuscripts, papyrus
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“Simple in vocabulary while majestic in effect”: 400th anniversary of the King James Translation of the Bible
The most published book in the world celebrates its 400th anniversary. Soon after March 24th 1603, when James VI, King of Scots, inherited the English crown, a crowd of Puritans approached him with their petition. They requested that all traces … Continue reading
