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.
  • Paleographical Challenge #65

    April 28, 2020

    Today’s guest manuscript arrives courtesy of Mike Webb, Curator of Early Modern Archives and Manuscripts at the Weston Library of the Bodleian. Visit the...
  • Paleographical Challenge #64

    April 27, 2020

    Today’s guest manuscript arrives courtesy of Dennis Duncan and the 39 Step Press printing collective . Check back tomorrow to find its identity and a...
  • Paleographical Challenge #63

    April 24, 2020

    Today’s guest manuscript arrives courtesy of Mitch Fraas, Senior Curator of Special Collections at Penn’s Kislak Center for Special Collections ...
  • Paleographical Challenge #62

    April 23, 2020

    Today’s guest manuscript comes from Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at The Newberry , and author of Interactive and...
  • Paleographical Challenge #61

    April 22, 2020

    Today’s guest manuscript comes courtesy of Heather Wolfe (Curator of Manuscripts) and Elizabeth Debold (Assistant Curator of Collections) at the beloved...
  • Paleographical Challenge #60

    April 21, 2020

    Today’s guest manuscript comes courtesy of Aaron Pratt, Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts at the Harry Ransom Center. Its...
  • Paleographical Challenge #59

    April 20, 2020

    Our guest manuscript for today’s puzzle comes from the [Collection That Shall Not Be Named], courtesy of @john_overholt, curator extraordinaire at @...
  • Paleographical Challenge #58

    April 17, 2020

    Today’s puzzle pictured above for the Paleogaphical Challenge . Suggested solution to yesterday’s challenge shown below: Give me thy grace good...