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'Women of the Book' exhibit reveals lives of women from 1450-1800
Published Oct 18, 2022
The Sheridan Libraries' collection of nearly 1,000 volumes highlights the lives of early women, with a particular focus on religious and spiritual life
Detail of hand-illuminated drawing of nuns
Rare Books
Collection illuminates lives of early modern nuns
Published Winter 2019
The Women of the Book Collection offers a rare look into what it was like to be a woman between 1460 and 1800 / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Detail of hand-illuminated drawing of nuns
Rare Books
Collection illuminates lives of early modern nuns
Published Nov 4, 2019
The Women of the Book Collection offers a rare look into what it was like to be a woman between 1460 and 1800
Earle Havens
Giving
By the book
Published Winter 2015
The Sheridan Libraries' Earle Haven is named to a new curator position / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Take note
'Ambitious' annotation project
Published July 15, 2014
JHU is leading an exploration of historical reading practices through notes preserved in early printed books / New York Times
Book reports
Mining the margin notes
Published July 11, 2014
Digital humanities research project will explore annotations in early modern books
Bibliotheca fictiva
Published Fall 2012
Johns Hopkins just acquired a massive collection of books and manuscripts—every last one of them fake. / Johns Hopkins Magazine