Published: 1546, Basel, Switzerland Published just three years after Copernicus proposed his heliocentric (Sun-centered) cosmic model, Sphaera Mundi, written by Rabbi Abraham Hispanus, subscribes to the still widely accepted geocentric (Earth-centered) model of the universe. In Hebrew and Latin, the text elucidates the design of the universe with dozens of illustrations, and various leaves include … Material of the Week: Sphaera Mundi
Charlie Steinman took a roundabout route to write his prize-winning paper, “Martin Luther’s whore more than a pope: Annotation, Disgust, and Materiality in the Reformation Reception of the Pope Joan Myth,” about a folio in the Nuremberg Chronicle. For his final project for Professor Tara Nummendal’s course “Age of Imposters: Fraud, Identity, and the Self … Charlie Steinman ’20: Nuremberg Chronicle and the Myth of Pope Joan
Published: 1827-1838, London John James Audubon was an American naturalist and painter who, in the decade between 1927 and 1938, printed a series of folios depicting every bird species in America. The paintings are lifesize, requiring Elephant Folios (massive books) to fit the different birds. Printed in small sets per month, approximately 200 full editions … Material of the Week: Audubon’s Birds of America
About The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection was donated to the John Hay Library in 1981 by Anne Brown, the creator of the collection. Brown became fascinated with painted lead soldiers in military uniforms during her honeymoon in Europe and bought a small collection of such soldiers. Infatuated, Brown began buying any books and prints … Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Around 20 students, faculty, and guests visited the Hay on March 15 for Haggadot at the Hay, a short tour of the ongoing Ungerleider Collection of Haggadot and a show-and-tell with curated Judaica housed at the Hay. Below are some of the items featured during the event. Sephardic Siddurim: Early Jewish Presence in North America After … Haggadot at the Hay – March 15, 2018
About The John Hay Library owns approximately 30 medieval manuscripts, a relatively small collection compared to peer institutions. In addition to these early works, the Hay owns papyrus and linen fragments from the Book of the Dead as well as a few cuneiform tablets. The Hay also owns around 700 incunabula, or texts printed between … Medieval Manuscripts and Early Printed Books
About Including material in and about the languages of the Romance regions, the Iberian and Latin American/Romance Language collection boasts thousands of items that create a rich picture of life and history in Latin America and Europe. A cornerstone of the collection is the George Church Collection, materials accumulated by Col. George Earl Church, who … Iberia & Latin America / Romance Language
