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Sometimes #manuscripts are so beautiful that we simply must celebrate all of their pleasing aspects.

#manuscriptmonday, secret text hidden within a philosophical#manuscript of great beauty. Here, the #

As a part of Archives Month Philly, we present *Behind the Scenes* next Tuesday, October 17th. Join

This evening at 5:00 the Special Collections Processing Center is holding a show-and-tell of women’s

Decadently sublime, this gorgeous #pochoir plate illustrates some #artnouveaudesigns by the French j

If you want to know how the avid #bibliophiles of the #kislakcenter keep in shape, this may be a clu

Currently on exhibit in the Leon Levy Dental Medicine Library is *Thomas Evans and Félix Nadar*. Nad

In this book of hours from the mid to late 1400s, an elegantly illuminated initial letter P contains

LJS 454 is a Japanese scroll from the early 1800s containing many illustrations of Western ships and

This decorative bird born out of filigree was written in Italian semi-cursive script by what appears

As Scorpio reigns and the air turns crisp, the 31st promises a night of ghoulish intrigue and revelr

This fore-edge painting, depicting a hunting scene set in a lush landscape, is from a beautiful bind

This shocking (by 19th century standards) illustration is from a book titled “Letters and Recollecti

This fun illustration is from a book that boasts “295 drink recipes, 57 party menus, 44 drinking toa

In 1905, a general store in Loch Katrine in Nova Scotia purchased a blank ledger book from A. &

What is red, crisp, and delicious in so many dishes? You got it, red apples! Today, and every Decemb

An article over on @urichmond ’s Bunk History site has recently been brought to our attention. Check

Willa Cather is a beloved voice of frontier life on the Great Plains. *April Twilights* is a 1903 co

Have a great weekend! From the Theodore Dreiser Papers.Call number: Ms. Coll. 30, Vol. 437, Item 4

Monday’s here and if it already feels like your week’s going down the drain just remember—we’ve made

The first page of this Thai astrological and medical manuscript displays some gestural studies of ca

Today is Election Day, our opportunity to head to the polls, make our voices heard, and cast a vote

Within the pages of Stanislaus Lynch’s *Echoes of the Hunting Horn*, there is an unexpected divergen

An adorable piece from a card game based on part one of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. This ga

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