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Exhibition: "The Global Book"

Exhibition: "The Global Book"

How do books’ physical attributes reveal cross-cultural influences? Have the same creative impulses emerged in places hundreds of years and thousands of miles apart? Can juxtaposing one book with another tell us something about each that we cannot get by looking at just one? These are some of the questions that the new exhibition from Western Libraries Heritage Resources raises. We  invite viewers to consider books as one point of departure for exploring our shared global heritage. The exhibit is free and open to the public, and will be available for viewing Monday – Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (closed weekends and holidays) in Special Collections (Wilson Library 6th floor). Among the materials on display are examples of manuscript illumination from medieval Europe and the Middle East; a selection of illustrated bindings produced in Japan, Europe, and the United States; a Quranic writing board; a Roman wax tablet; two Buddhist sutras; an original palm leaf manuscript; and several highlights from Western Libraries’ prominent Mongolian Studies collection.

Date:
Friday, May 18, 2018
Time:
11:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
Special Collections
Categories:
Exhibition

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