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Category Archives: Travels
Happy Holiday Travels!
When making a trip to the North Pole, you may have better luck hitching a sleigh ride with a mysterious old man cloaked in red, rather than traveling with arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall. His expedition to the North Pole … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Events, Travels
Tagged publishers' bindings
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On the Road: The Manuscript Road Trip Reaches Chapel Hill
Lisa Fagin Davis’s popular virtual road trip has reached the Carolinas. Enjoy learning about some of UNC’s great medieval treasures, including one of its oldest Western manuscripts, a detail of which is shown above. Go to the lively blog and … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Travels
Tagged medieval manuscripts
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On the Road: The Plantin-Moretus Museum
During a recent visit to Belgium, I stepped back in time to the world of Renaissance printing at the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp. The museum, honored in 2005 as a UNESCO World Heritage site, preserves the printing workshops, office, and private living quarters of the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Travels
Tagged early printed books, Plantin
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On the Road: Spring Break & Kindles Past
This past week was UNC’s Spring break, and most of our students have been away, at their families’ homes or traveling. No doubt, they’ve all had with them electronic devices: smartphones, iPads, laptops, and Kindles. And maybe some made their … Continue reading
Posted in Acquisitions, Collections, Travels
Tagged miniature books
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On the Road: Armenian Exercises
A month ago, this blogger found herself in the spectacular landscape of Armenia, deep in the Trans-Caucasus, skirting the borders of Georgia, Turkey, Iran, and Azerbaijan. Armenia is well known for being the first country to establish Christianity as its official … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Travels
Tagged alphabets, Armenia, Byron, English literature, horses, poetry, Scientific Illustration, Silk Road
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On the Road: Libraries Without Books
Some of us have been traveling of late, and we thought you might enjoy a few pictures from our journeys. This blogger ended up at the easternmost end of Turkey. There she visited the amazing Ishak Pasha Palace on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ishak Pasha Palace, Libraries, Library architecture, Topkapi Palace, Turkey
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