Voynich purchased the manuscript from the jesuit college at frascati near rome. If you would like to provide us with feedback about the site, you can leave us a comment here. Yale university yale university library beinecke home contact us search the site yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. The beinecke library is open to all yale university students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. Among the most significant american books of the 19th century, audubons the birds of america is extraordinary in several ways. The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. Som yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library location. Digital collections beinecke rare book yale university. Cloistered by a shell of stone, the 1963 beinecke rare book and manuscript library in yale, us, is one of the worlds foremost collections of rare manuscripts.
Yale center for british art, rare books and manuscripts. Included are preconstruction views, construction progress views, and completed interior and exterior views. Edwin schroeder reappointed director of the beinecke rare. Yale university library yale law school repository digital commons. Guide to research tools orbis yales online catalog database of archival collections and manuscripts uncataloged acquisitions digital images online special collections. List of paleographic resources ms word list of standard reference works.
For any titles that are not yet in orbis, they can be found in the beinecke librarys uncataloged acquisitions database. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library contains the principal rare books and literary manuscripts of yale university and serves as a center for research by students, faculty, and other scholars, whether affiliated with yale or not. In 1969, the codex was given to the beinecke library by h. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library new haven. In case you didnt know, most rare book libraries are built with no windows. Guide to research tools orbis yale s online catalog database of archival collections and manuscripts uncataloged acquisitions digital images online special collections.
Art and architecture beinecke rare book and manuscript. Dec 08, 2017 the draft typescript for this and other cards in a set of christmas greetings are among the extensive langston hughes papers in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Gordon bunshaft beinecke library architektur, visualisierung. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Its holdings draw hundreds of scholars, artists, and critics from around the world to the reading room each year.
The birds of america audubon at beinecke yale university. Jan 20, 2016 edwin schroeder photo by michael marsland yale university edwin e. The modernist edifice houses a rich rare book library and literary archive, and it. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library yale university. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library archives at yale. Originating in 1701 with the gift of several dozen books to a new collegiate school, the librarys collection now contains approximately 15. The beinecke library is committed to providing broad access to its collections for teaching, learning, and research in accordance with yale university policy. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library wikipedia. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university.
The amazing beinecke rare book library of yale university. The hughes archives were given to yale university by the renowned writer beginning in 1941, continuing throughout his lifetime, and including more materials from his. Johannes marcus marci of cronland presented the book to athanasius kircher, s. Standard citation forms for rare materials cataloging.
The reason behind this is to completely control temperatures and humidity. Miles, george curator, western americana collection beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library som. The collection consists of photographs documenting the construction of beinecke rare book and manuscript library at yale. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library home facebook. The cary collection of playing cards became the property of the yale university library on the death of mrs.
Catalogue of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university, edited by barbara shailor et. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library digital collections. Beinecke library of yale university yale university press. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. Yale university yale university library contact us search the site. Aug 03, 2015 in case you didnt know, most rare book libraries are built with no windows. Often referred to as the dunlap broadside in honor of john dunlap. The text, apparently a unicum, is a cento of biblical.
A musthave for aficionados of rare books, this volume lovingly shows how a great research library is at the heart of the university educational experience. The beinecke s website, catalog records, finding aids, and digital images enhance scholarship and promote use of both the digital and the original object. This book takes the visitor through the building with gorgeous views of the gordon bunshaft structure and into the reading room, with essays by library curators on the treasures it holds. Yale universitys home for rare works, including the mysterious voynich. Primary sources can be found in all of yales libraries and museums as well as in online resources. Search fulltext for descriptive information plus fulltext that occurs in a work. Yale universitys famous beinecke library is no exception. I use irfanview but you could use any comic book reader program. An information sheet about the librarys history, mission, architecture, collection, and services is available at the security desk. It will reopen in september 2016 equipped for another 50 years as a worldclass. Individuals are always welcome to visit the beinecke librarys ground floor and mezzanine public exhibition areas, to see the building, permanent exhibitions, and varied special exhibitions throughout the year. Click on image or caption above to see image in the zoom viewer. Built in 1963, the library belongs to yale university, located in new haven, connecticut. Cary playing card database to read more about this, refer to.
The beinecke rare book and manuscript library has graciously contributed images from their collections to shakespeare documented, and. Menta, anne marie library service assistant beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Yale center for british art, institutional archives. The beinecke library has digitized more than a million images of collection material. Willis, curator of the yale collection of american literature last revised june 7, 2012. Survey of collections and repositories american folklife center. Special thanks to the office of the university printer for their work on the beinecke 50th anniversary visual design and support throughout the project.
A record for this resource appears in orbis, the yale university library catalog. These titles are being cataloged in orbis, the yale university library catalog. Oct 11, 2019 the library will have on view the original an act for liberty to erect a collegiate school, enacted by the connecticut colony in new haven on october 9, 1701, the founding legal document of the university, as well as other early documents of the new college from the early 18th century. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library has one of the worlds largest collections of rare books. The new beinecke website is now part of the yalesites web publishing platform and features a reimagined visual design evoking the buildings iconic architecture.
American modernist writers and the orient yale university. In addition to its remarkable collection, the beinecke is. Medical historical library, harvey cushing john hay whitney medical library. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library recently launched a new website, redesigned by yale its. Kraus, who had purchased it from the estate of ethel voynich, wilfrid voynichs widow. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library the civil rights history project. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other.
The purpose of the building is to serve as a research center for students. Johannes marcus marci of cronland presented the book to athanasius kircher 16011680 in 1666. The yale university library is the library system of yale university in new haven, connecticut. The enormous 4 volume double elephant folio carefully and accurately documents more than 430 species of american birds in lifesize prints, making it an important work of natural history and scientific observation. October 18 december 20, 1996 organized by patricia c. Yales rare book library is designed to shield precious. Carys relationship with yale university was maintained and strengthened in this period by her friendship with margaret rollins and her husband, carl purington rollins, for some three decades printer to the university. Its preeminent collection provides extraordinarily rich resources for the study of sexual modernism and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender life and. Yale collection of western americana, beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Literary rights, including, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.
Manuscript on parchment uneven quality, severely trimmed of a florilegium comprised of a series of meditations and prayers. Voynich in 1912 from the jesuit college at frascati near rome. Story time demonstrates the richness that can emerge when books are considered together. For further information, consult the appropriate curator. This gallery highlights three portable medieval manuscripts from the collections of yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library, in celebration of the medieval academy of americas meeting in new haven, connecticut, march 1820, 2010. Fifty works from yale university s beinecke rare book and manuscript library. Abaa glossary of book collecting terms abc for book collectors pdf bookbinding and the conservation of books catalogers desktop classification web estc estc web matching heritage of the printed book hpb lc.
The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. About the collections beinecke rare book yale university. Timothy young is curator of modern books and manuscripts at the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university. Discover beinecke rare book and manuscript library in new haven, connecticut.
Mar 21, 2019 these titles are being cataloged in orbis, the yale university library catalog. Redesign of beinecke library website its your yale. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts. The beinecke library contains yale university s principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. The rachel carson papers is the physical property of the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university. All of these keywords or any of these keywords or this entire phrase. Located on yale universitys campus in new haven, connecticut, the beinecke can hold 180,000 volumes in its central tower and more than one million volumes in its underground book stacks. The draft typescript for this and other cards in a set of christmas greetings are among the extensive langston hughes papers in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library. It was time to celebrate our success and our remarkable building architect gordon bunshafts masterpiece of marble, granite, bronze and glass but after 50 years as a worldclass center of research and scholarship, the librarys infrastructure needs upgrading. Cary playing card database quick search searches the title, maker and notes fields. Log in to place or check the status of requests for materials from manuscripts and archives, the medical historical. Use the search box at the bottom of the page to begin your exploration. Introduction the beinecke rare book and manuscript library is one of the worlds largest buildings devoted to rare books and manuscripts housing about 180,000 volumes in the central tower and over 1 million that are kept in the underground book stacks. The librarys holdings include about a million items, most of which are housed onsite at the gordon bunshaftdesigned building.
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