Early Books and Manuscripts

The Beinecke Library is one of the most significant sources for history in North America and contains a rich collection of materials from the classical world to the Renaissance.
  • Turning the Page

    February 5, 2024

  • In the cards: Library partners work together to solve mysteries of rare tarot deck

    October 4, 2023

  • Project makes Ottoman-Turkish manuscripts accessible to scholars

    June 26, 2023

  • Twice as old as the Gutenberg Bible

    June 1, 2023

  • A 1,200-year-old scroll finds a home next to the Gutenberg Bible (WSHU)

    February 10, 2023

  • Beinecke Library unites past and present in spring exhibit (Yale Daily News)

    February 8, 2023

  • World’s oldest printed objects to join Gutenberg Bible in Beinecke display

    January 24, 2023