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.
Unique Byzantine/Arabic pattern sheet with Christian saints demonstrates technique of pouncing to transfer images quickly and easily from the pattern sheet to a blank surface. Such pattern sheets were used for manuscripts, but also for mosaics and other artistic media.
Recently purchased bindings were twentieth century fakes purported to be medieval Sienese originals. The Beinecke collects fakes and forgeries to document how these materials were created, promoted, and ultimately discovered.
Where in the world had the Clumber Park Chartier disappeared to? Joan Grenier-Winther, the Marianna M. and Donald S. Matteson Distinguished Professor of French at Washington State University Vancouver, really needed to examine the fifteenth-century collection of poems by Alain Chartier and others.
Earlier this year the Beinecke Library hosted an exhibition entitled Bibliomania; or Book Madness: A Bibliographical Romance. It takes its name from the history of “arrant book-lovers” written by Thomas Frognall Dibdin. "It follows these lovers of the book through four case studies, observing the powerful and often unexpected relationships of books with their readers, owners, authors, collectors, and creators."
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale has a remarkable collection of over 500 Turkish manuscripts which are yet uncatalogued. Priceless poetry...
