Preserving Words and Worlds

About the Image

This volume of the Glossa Ordinaria has a wood cover with a pigskin binding. This Old Testament volume used to have a clasp that would would be chained to a desk to prevent theft.

+ (photo: Mitch Hanley)

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Links & Resources

Illuminating the Word: The St. John's Bible: [http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/stjohnsbible/]; The Library of Congress curated an exhibition devoted to the St. John's Bible project. Gain a better understanding of the process, but, more importantly, view some incredible images of pages from the books of the Bible.
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library: [http://hmml.org/]; The library's companion site is comprehensive. It details their preservation and research efforts, tells the history of selected manuscripts, and provides images databases for many of their volumes.
"Securing the Past": [http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070429/NEWS01/104290002/1009]; The St. Cloud Times, a local paper near St. John's Abbey, reported an informative print piece with Fr. Columba Stewart. But, probably more interesting is the video of the Benedictine monk talking about some of the manuscripts and rare books at HMML.