{"id":648,"date":"2024-01-19T19:19:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/?p=648"},"modified":"2024-02-21T20:56:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:56:53","slug":"spring-main-library-gallery-exhibit-highlights-book-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery\/2024\/01\/19\/spring-main-library-gallery-exhibit-highlights-book-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Main Library Gallery exhibit highlights book history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A new exhibition in the Main Library Gallery<\/a> this spring showcases a global selection of rare historic books and modern book art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Psalterium cum Antiphonis<\/em>, late 15th century. Rebound and treated in the University of Iowa Libraries Conservation Lab by William Anthony in 1985. Medieval Manuscripts [xMMs.Ps3].\u00a0Special Collections & Archives, University of Iowa Libraries. Photo: Sara J. Pinkham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Making the Book, Past and Present<\/a> <\/em>explores the intersections of history, art, and practicality through items from Special Collections & Archives<\/a> at the University of Iowa Libraries. The exhibition asks what we can learn from placing books, materials, and makers from the Middle Ages through today in conversation with one another. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From medieval manuscripts and early modern works to recent book sculptures, pop-ups, and books that move, these carefully curated materials shown together are a visual feast representing the strong connection between books and makers past and present. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Detail from The City is My Religion: A Typographic Memoir<\/em>. Jennifer Farrell. Chicago: Starshaped Press, 2020. x-Collection Oblong [FOLIO N7433.4.F3677 C58 2020]. Special Collections & Archives, University of Iowa Libraries. Photo: Sara J. Pinkham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Making the Book, Past and Present <\/em>was curated by Eric Ensley, curator of rare books and maps at the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives, and Emily Martin, adjunct assistant professor of bookbinding and book arts at the University of Iowa Center for the Book<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition will be on display in the Main Library Gallery through June 28, 2024. The Main Library Gallery is located on the first floor of the Main Library and is open daily. Please visit lib.uiowa.edu\/gallery<\/a> for all open hours and updates about free exhibit-related events. Admission is free and all are welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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