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Historiated initial letter from Valerius Maximus' Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX. Italy. 15th c. Parchment, 126 fols. Fol. 5r
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  • Pablo Alvarez
Upcoming Exhibit and Lecture: Illustrating the Renaissance Book: From Illumination to Woodcut
You are all cordially invited to the upcoming exhibit of a selection of manuscripts and early printed books from the 15th to the 17th centuries that were illustrated with illuminations and woodcuts. The display will open in the Hatcher Gallery Exhibit Room (Hatcher Library North) on September 6, 2023.
Folio 1r from Horace (65-8 BC). Ars Poetica & Epistulae. Parchment. Italy. 15th c.
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  • Pablo Alvarez
On a Damaged Manuscript and the Weather
When cataloging this fifteenth-century Italian manuscript, I saw that some of the pages have been damaged by brushing a chemical reagent on some areas that were difficult to read. While in the short term this substance was designed to make traces of ink more legible, the long-term impact on the manuscript is disastrous as shown in the image below.