![]() ![]() Ian Cornelius, co-pi of we’ve already learned something about a leaf dated 1450: the “Dutch Book of Hours, is one of the project’s few items in a vernacular language.” Can’t wait to share the discoveries to come! Stephanie Davis-Kahl, University Librarian, said “We are grateful for the efforts of the IU Bloomington Libraries and CLIR to include a variety of institutions in the project, and I am especially appreciative of Meg Miner’s efforts to share the gems in our special collections with an appreciative audience.” The experts on medieval manuscripts for this CLIR project will examine them and provide us with more information that I can share with our community.” These were used by book binders in the 15th-17th centuries to support the structures of these printed books. Associate Professor Meg Miner, University Archivist & Special Collections Librarian said, “During a recent planning meeting I was excited to learn we will be able to add three books that contain six fragments of manuscripts. Illinois Wesleyan initially proposed contributing 12 single manuscript leaves, dating from 1220 A.D. This is why it is so important to continue to locate and describe unstudied and understudied manuscripts.” ![]() Elizabeth Hebbard, the project’s primary principal investigator and assistant professor of French and Italian in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington said: “Every surviving medieval book and fragment has the potential to tell us more about medieval book arts, textual traditions, individuals’ lives and libraries, and even, through their physical qualities and materials, things like animal husbandry and commerce. ![]()
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