Topics voynich, manuscript, high quality, quaity, zoom, resolution, jp2. Yale center for british art, rare books and manuscripts. Two preliminary concepts were followed by a developed proposal. Watson for confirming this identification through a comparison of the arabic numerals in the beinecke manuscript with those of john dee in oxford, bodleian library ashmole 1790, f. Panzavoss, janis security officer beinecke rare book and manuscript library. The beinecke is devoted entirely to rare books and. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts. Catalogue of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university, edited by barbara shailor et. Ege, an ohiobased scholar and book dealer, made a controversial practice of dismantling medieval and renaissance manuscripts and selling the individual leaves for profit during the first half of the last century. Click on image or caption above to see image in the zoom viewer. Having provided its own funding, the library is financially independent of the university.
The beinecke library s robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. An assortment of websites chosen by the beineckes curators and related to specific archival collections or broader collecting areas at the beinecke library. It holds approximately 800,000 volumes, including a gutenberg bible, the voynich manuscript, the vinland map, and the papers and manuscripts of major authors and artists, with particular strengths. Uncatalogued acquisitions database to read more about selected acquisitions since 1995, refer to. Yale university beinecke rare book and manuscript library. In the late 1950s, interest in rare books, the philanthropy of the beineckes, the universitys pressing need for a special collections library, and the design by the architect gordon bunshaft, created the beinecke library one of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and.
The catalogue of the cary collection of playing cards accommodates playing cards 2,393 catalogue entriesan entry may represent more than one. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, new haven, ct. The beinecke library contains yale universitys principal rare books and literary manuscripts and serves as a research center for students, faculty, and other scholars. One of the largest buildings in the world devoted entirely to rare books and manuscripts, the library can accommodate 180,000 volumes in the central tower and more than 600,000. The george eliot and george henry lewes collection is the physical property of the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university.
Stevenson beinecke rare book and manuscript library r. This searchable database provides access to descriptions of medieval and renaissance manuscripts based largely on the catalogue of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university, edited by barbara shailor et al. The librarys holdings include about a million items, most of which are housed onsite at the gordon bunshaftdesigned building. Yales rare book and manuscript library to reopen after major renovation published 9. Opened in 1963, the beinecke rare book and manuscript library is the librarys principal repository of rare and historical books and manuscripts. Yale universitys beinecke rare book and manuscript library is the largest building in the world dedicated to the containment and preservation of rare books, manuscripts, and documents. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library archives at yale. Oxfords di lewis and ds hathaway are dispatched to america to investigate.
Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library has one of the worlds largest collections of rare books. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library turns 50. The beinecke rare book library was looked upon by bunshaft as a onceinalifetime opportunity to make something great and lasting. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library continues to serve the purpose for which it was designed. Originally published by the beinecke rare book and manuscript library in 1988, this work has quickly become an indispensable guide for scholars in a wide range of medieval studies. Oxfords bodleian library has lent a collection of rare and historical documents to yales beinecke. Established in 1963, yales beinecke library celebrated its 50th anniversary on 20. For further information, consult the appropriate curator. Yale center for british art, institutional archives.
The beinecke librarys robust collections are used to create new scholarship by researchers from around the world. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library, 121 wall st, room for more information about the weekly sessions and other related events, please click here. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library docomomo. The beinecke rare book and manuscript library was an architectural incongruity amid. Its preeminent collection provides extraordinarily rich resources for the study of sexual modernism and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender life and culture in the twentieth century. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library home facebook. Edward rugemer, yale associate professor of african american studies and history, says that the amistad affair is an important chapter in the history of american slavery and abolitionism. 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. Voynich manuscript high resolution scans by beinecke rare book and manuscript library, yale university. That he asked me to do a sunken garden was a challenge i wanted by all means to be equal to. A brief look at the transition from manuscript to printed book concludes the survey. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library collections.
The beinecke library, devoted exclusively to rare books and manuscripts, now holds over 450,000 volumes and several million transcripts in 5 major collections. A record for this resource appears in orbis, the yale university library catalog. Yales rare book library is designed to shield precious. 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. Model for sunken garden for beinecke rare book and. Literary rights, including, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns.
Medical historical library, harvey cushing john hay whitney medical library. Automobile road map of the western united states, including adjacent canada and mexico compiled and drawn by the map division of the. In addition to its remarkable collection, the beinecke is. The modernist edifice houses a rich rare book library and literary archive, and it was established as a gift from the beinecke family. Kevin repp beinecke rare book and manuscript library wednesdays, 10. As they cross the plaza, lamenting the expected lack of a proper pint, a siren blares and people run from the building. Cary playing card database to read more about this, refer to. Yales beinecke rare book and manuscript library to reopen. Beinecke rare book and manuscript library amusing planet. Media in category beinecke rare book and manuscript library the following 36 files are in this category, out of 36 total.