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.
This is a recently acquired papal letter written by Pope Gregory IX in 1234. Papal letters are called bulls after the lead seal affixed to the document called...
Lisa Fagin Davis describes the “world’s most mysterious manuscript” in a dispatch from her recent road trip to New Haven. Yale University Press will be...
Lisa Fagin Davis, executive director of the Medieval Academy of America, has published her account of the early books and manuscripts at the Beinecke Rare Book...
The Olivetan Gradual (Beinecke MS 1184) is a stunning 15th-century example of the gradual, a liturgical book containing the musical components of the Mass in...
Roger Wieck, Curator of Medieval Manuscripts at the Morgan Library in New York City, led a full-day workshop on medieval calendars at the Beinecke Library on...
Today graduate students in medieval studies presented their work on manuscripts in the Beinecke’s collection. The event was organized by Alastair Minnis...
On Saturday, April 29, Professor Paul Freedman (History) organized a showing of rare book relating to cooking and the preparation of food and beverages for the...
Introducing: Beinecke MS 1153 Through the Holy Land and Back Again Beinecke MS 1153, produced sometime after 1383*, is extraordinary for its breadth of...
Introducing: Osborn MS 185 Item 11 From Westminster to New Haven Osborn MS 185 Item 11, acquired in 2013 as part of the famed Anthony Taussig collection, is a...
Introducing: Beinecke MS 1137 From the Prisons of Napoli to New Haven In this, our first installment, we are pleased to present Beinecke MS 1137, acquired in...
