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“Wood Libraries: Knowing with Wood and Word”
"A wood library sounds as if it should be a collection of books on the topic of wood. In fact, it is a collection of wood. How can we “know” with wood? …. Because they are comprehensive collections of wood specimens, wood libraries are of significant…
"In Wood and Word, or, A Gloss on Documents and Documentation in the Humanities"
Illuminating their breadth and diversity, this book presents a comprehensive and multidisciplinary view of legal documents and their manifold forms, uses, materialities and meanings. In 1951, Suzanne Briet, a librarian at the Bibliotheque Nationale…
Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections
Beyond Words accompanies a collaborative exhibition held at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Harvard University’s Houghton Library; and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Featuring illuminated manuscripts from nineteen Boston-area…