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Home»Blogs»Early Modern British, European, and Osborn Collections

Early Modern British, European, and Osborn Collections

The early modern European collections support the study of readers and reading, literature, history, the history of science, and the spread of humanist culture from 1500 to 1800.
  • The Quest for the Perfect Text (Fine Books)

    March 26, 2019

  • Nyberg: The ancient art of paper marbling (WTNH)

    March 26, 2019

  • St Catharine’s Junior Research Fellow discovers new medieval saint's Life (St Catharine's College Cambridge re. Osborn fb229)

    March 21, 2019

  • Painted Renaissance volumes on view at Yale’s Beinecke Library

    March 14, 2019

  • Beinecke Library Curators Ray Clemens and Diane Ducharme discuss Bibliomania (WPKN Radio)

    February 19, 2019

  • The Handy Playing Cards That Taught 17th-Century Cooks to Carve Meat Like a Pro (Atlas Obscura)

    February 6, 2019

  • The Jacobean King’s Men: A Reconsideration (Holger Schott Syme in The Review of English Studies)

    January 27, 2019

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Paleographical Challenge 2020

Beinecke Early Modern invites you to a paleographical puzzle, originally posted during the exhibit, Subscribed: The Manuscript in Britain, 1500-1800, with entries posted from January 28 through May 8, 2020,. Start at the beginning, challenge #1, and work your way through at your own pace. A (suggested) solution is provided in the subsequent day’s post. Steal away from work and study, forsake your crosswords and your spelling bees! Take the Paleo-Fitness Challenge! Our motto: strength and beauty through paleography.

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