Monthly Archives: January 2021
Jane Austen Collection at Goucher College
One of Goucher Special Collections & Archives most famous and largest collections is the Jane Austen Collection which includes all of Austen’s first British and American editions as well as rare editions, foreign language translations, and related books about Austen’s life and times. Continue reading Jane Austen Collection at Goucher College
New Eyes on Old Books: Unraveling the Mystery of the Walters Lace Manuscript. Baltimore, MD, The Walters, February 17th, 2021 [Lecture]
The De Bar Hours (W.93), likely created as a wedding gift for a young bride in early 14th century France, is an unusual manuscript with lacy rosettes cut into every one of its parchment margins. Continue reading New Eyes on Old Books: Unraveling the Mystery of the Walters Lace Manuscript. Baltimore, MD, The Walters, February 17th, 2021 [Lecture]