Month: August 2013
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Ms. manicule in brown ink, a photo by Penn Provenance Project on Flickr. Detail of leaf [a]6v of an incunable edition of the Bible in Latin (Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 16 Nov. 1475; ISTC ib00543000) with rubrication and ms. manicule in brown ink. Established heading: Koberger, Anton, approximately 1440-1513 Penn Libraries call number: Inc B-543 Folio…
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Leaf a5r of an incunable edition of Innamoramento di Carlo Magno e dei suoi paladini (Venice: Georgius Walch, 20 July 1481; ISTC ic00204000) with early ms. sketch of three male figures (two hatted and one with hat in hand), of whom two are clasping hands, a photo by Penn Provenance Project on Flickr. Leaf a5r…
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Early ms. sketch of a bird pecking at the eye of a man hanged on a gallows, a photo by Penn Provenance Project on Flickr. Early ms. sketch of a bird pecking at the eye of a man hanged on a gallows Transcription of marginal annotation: Sic aut[em] milites sub iugu[m] mitteba[n]t[ur] vt tradat […][us];…
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Collecting unusual material: notes from the field
As the Librarian for South Asia at the Penn Libraries, I am responsible for collecting all intellectual and literary content about and from South Asia. This involves selecting information resources in over three dozen languages, across geographically and culturally diverse regions from Afghanistan to Myanmar, including Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, and…
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Manicule, a photo by Penn Provenance Project on Flickr. Via Flickr: Penn Libraries call number: Inc T-503 All images from this book Penn Libraries catalog record