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SUMMARY:FABS Bindings Special Interest Group:  Anatomy of a Book/Bindings from a Peruvian Penitentiary
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \n 16 October\, 2023 7:30-8:50pm eastern / 6:30-7:50pm midwest / 5:30-6:50pm mountain / 4:30-5:50pm pacific  \nANATOMY OF A BOOK/BINDINGS FROM A PERUVIAN PENITENTIARY\nJoin FABS members interested in Bindings for a discussion about the Anatomy of a Book with lang ingalls\, and about bindings that were created in a Peruvian penitentiary\, with Jose Guerrero. These bindings are from the first half of the 20th c. and were made in South America. After the presentation\, Jose has requested any insight on the materials\, techniques and design that offer leads on books he shows. If you are a collector\, librarian\, conservator\, binder or bookseller with focus on the first half of the 20th c. or books from South America\, please join us—your input will be invaluable. If you aren’t associated in any way to these areas of interest\, please join us as well: you may learn something new! This program will not be recorded. ~ The FABS Special Interest Group: Binding meets every third Monday of the month ~  \nThe Bindings special interest Zoom group will meet Mon October 16\, at 4:30-5:50pm Pacific/7:30-8:50pm Eastern. Thereafter\, meetings will be held on the third Monday of the month. “The Bindings Interest Group hosts discussions and presentations that share collections and information on bookbindings of all periods. Topics include\, but are not limited to\, history\, design and aesthetics\, innovation\, materials and craft techniques.” \nTo register\, contact Jennifer at info@fabsocieties.org and copy Marc at mcchavez@comcast.net \n  \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-bindings-special-interest-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231016T180000
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SUMMARY:The Private Libraries of Early Modern British Women
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nUMass Amherst professor and recent Grolier Helfand fellow Joe Black will speak on early modern women’s libraries. \nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-the-private-libraries-of-early-modern-british-women-tickets-719347607057?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/the-private-libraries-of-early-modern-british-women/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231016T170000
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DTSTAMP:20231007T182616Z
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SUMMARY:Picture\, Book\, Talk: David Wing on Photography
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nPICTURE • BOOK • TALK\n6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Pacific \nVirtual presentation \n6:00 PM Pacific – Program \nAs a photographer in the fifty-seventh year of his serious effort\, David Wing will describe how his camera found its subjects\, what his working mind is like today\, and how his accumulated work has “aged” in his intellect and in his heart. \nAccompanied by a large number of slides\, Wing will talk in detail about how his pictures come to light\, and how his many recent books came to be. \nWing’s talk will try to show how his editing seems to work – he notes retrospective relationships among his photographs\, and as these become more apparent\, they seem to find independent coherence. As this happens\, sequences\, exhibitions\, and the monographs take shape. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by David Wing\, photographer and teacher \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to attend the virtual presentation on Zoom
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/picture-book-talk-david-wing-on-photography/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231013T120000
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DTSTAMP:20230912T175459Z
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SUMMARY:Elizabeth Bradley on Washington Irving
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club \nHalloween approaches. It’s Friday the 13th. The path to the Caxton meeting is illuminated by the faint glow of a Zoom screen. And are those the sounds of hoofbeats approaching from behind? Could it be a hurrying Hessian? \nWith all of that\, not even Van Winkle could nod off as Dr. Elizabeth Bradley reanimates the legendary works and career of author\, traveler\, and diplomat Washington Irving in a generously illustrated presentation. \nBradley serves as Vice President of Programs and Engagement at Historic Hudson Valley. If you pick up either of two Penguin Classic editions of Irving’s works\, you’ll discover that she edited both. She is the author of Knickerbocker: The Myth Behind New York and New York (Cityscopes). You may also have seen her work in the New York Times\, Smithsonian\, and the Cambridge Companion to the Literature of New York. Frequently heard on a variety of media\, she’s an engaging speaker with a wealth of fascinating stories to share. \nThere’s no reason to lose your head. Registering has never been easier: https://caxtonclub.org/event-5392318/Registration \nLive attendance and lunch \nView Zoom program on eighth floor\, Steel Room\, Union League Club. Presentation begins at 12:00 PM CT. Lunch immediately following in the fourth floor Rendezvous. $35 includes non-alcoholic beverage\, a cup of soup\, and your choice of sandwich\, salad\, or hot entree\, tax\, and tip. (Must register and pre-pay by 12:00 pm 10/11/2023.) \nZoom presentation is free and open to all. \nZoom begins at 12:00PM CT/1:00 PM ET. Preregistration required via website.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/elizabeth-bradley-on-washington-irving/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T163000
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SUMMARY:Up-Biblum God:  The Algonquian Bible\, Native Labor and Indigenous Futures
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Baxter Society and the Bowdoin College Library. \nKimberly Toney\, Coordinating Curator of Native American and Indigenous Collections at Bowdoin College Library\, will speak on the Algonquian Bible. \nFree and open to the public on Zoom. To register and receive a Zoom link\, contact: baxtersociety@gmail.com \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/up-biblum-god-the-algonquian-bible-native-labor-and-indigenous-futures/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231009T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231009T203000
DTSTAMP:20231004T142604Z
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SUMMARY:Handpress Era/Early Printing FABS Group: Margaret Cavendish and Incunabular Herbals
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nInterested in the early age of print? Join us on Zoom! Members of this group show and discuss examples of “printed books and other printed works created before ca. 1800.” \nFor the meeting of October 9: \n\nElizabeth Canning: “The Worst Fate Bookes Have”: How Margaret Cavendish Shaped Her Literary Legacy. Join us to explore the publishing practices of groundbreaking author Margaret Cavendish across four of her works\, including the rare 1668 stand-alone edition of The Blazing World\, along with her first book\, Poems and Fancies\, from 1653.\nJohn McQuillen\, Associate Curator at the Morgan Library and Museum: Printing Plants: Illustrated Herbal Incunabula. The first European printed herbals had bold graphics and clear layouts. The illustrations were copied repeatedly as printers issued competing editions trying to claim their share of this new commercial market. What can we learn about how early books were marketed just from their layout?\n\n\nTo receive a Zoom link\, contact Jennifer Larson at info@fabsocieties.org\nWe meet the second Monday of the month from 7:30-8:30pm Eastern Time. \nTo join the mailing list and receive invitations for this Zoom group\, write to info@fabsocieties.org. \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/handpress-era-early-printing-fabs-zoom-group-meeting-join-us/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T180000
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DTSTAMP:20230915T124728Z
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SUMMARY:Ken Gloss: A Bookseller's Improbable Finds
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nOctober 5\, 6:00pm New York Time \nJoin Ken Gloss of Boston’s Brattle Book Shop as he speaks on improbable and wonderful finds throughout his career. This is how he describes the surprises he’s experienced while bookselling: “One day you find yourself drinking from Thomas Jefferson’s coffee service\, and the next day you’re fumigating your truck of fleas. The house you’re visiting could contain a handful of Turner watercolors\, or a roomful of live ammunition.” \nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-a-booksellers-improbable-finds-tickets-719345239977?aff=ebdsoporgprofile \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/ken-gloss-a-booksellers-improbable-finds/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T200000
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DTSTAMP:20230915T121907Z
CREATED:20230912T150025Z
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SUMMARY:Manuscript Mondays: The Original Wikipedia
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \n“The Original Wikipedia:  18th Century Chinese Emperor Qianlong’s Siku Quanshu Project”\nFree\, Live Webinar\nMonday\, October 3\, 2023 – 8:00 PM Eastern\, 5:00PM Pacific (U.S. and Canada)\nPresenter: Susan Lahey\, MA\, ISA CAPP\nModerator: Brian Kathenes\nIn 1772\, Emperor Qianlong of China\, a prolific poet\, major art patron\, and insatiable collector\, ordered the largest encyclopedic compilation of books in Chinese history.  Within 10 years\, a team of more than 350 scholars and hundreds of editors had compiled 36\,381 volumes (2.3 million pages) of the Siku Quanshu.  Also known as the Complete Library in Four Sections only seven copies were made. Four of which survive today in Chinese libraries. Learn about this “wikipedia” of Chinese literature\, history\, philosophy\, and classic texts. In addition learn about the remarkable Qing dynasty and the reign of Emperor Qianlong. \nAbout Susan Lahey:\nSusan Lahey\, MA\, ISA CAPP\, is certified appraiser of personal property with a speciality in Asian art\, specifically focusing on Chinese decorative and fine art. She is a professional member of the International Society of Appraisers.  Ms. Lahey holds an Honors BA in Chinese Studies from the University of Toronto\, an MA in Classical Chinese Literature from the University of British Columbia\, a Post-Graduate Diploma with Distinction in Asian Art from the School of Oriental & African Studies (University of London\, England) and Sotheby’s Educational Studies. \nSusan lived in Taipei\, Taiwan for two years. While there she continued her Mandarin studies and traveled extensively in Asia to study Chinese art collections.  She is the President of Eastern Art Consultants Inc.\, providing independent appraisal\, research\, advisory and collection management services since 2010.  Previously\, she has worked at the Royal Ontario Museum in various capacities. She led the Asian art department of a local Toronto auction house for six years. Ms. Lahey is a highly sought-after instructor of Asian Ceramics and Chinese Decorative Arts specialty courses. Currently she is the President of the Canadian Chapter of the ISA. \nRegister in advance for this webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jA59fLVRQJSd2dfvhzLp3w\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \nFor an Archive of all Manuscript Mondays.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/manuscript-mondays/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231003T193000
DTSTAMP:20230915T121312Z
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SUMMARY:Zelia Nuttall & Early Modern Mexican Pictorial Mss
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nJoin ASU Professor Seonaid Valiant on how a Gilded Age anthropologist made discoveries about a British aristocrat’s Mixtec Codex. \nRegister here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-zelia-nuttall-early-modern-mexican-pictorial-mss-tickets-719345801657?aff=ebdsoporgprofile
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/zelia-nuttall-early-modern-mexican-pictorial-mss/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231002T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231002T193000
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SUMMARY:Molly Manning: The Best-Read Army in the World
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nIn recognition of Banned Book Week\, Molly Manning will speak on censorship and propaganda in connection with the themes of her exhibition\, “The Best Read Army in the World.” \nDuring World War II—a time of rampant propaganda\, censorship\, and Nazi book bans in Europe—the United States military sent troops into battle armed not only with weapons\, but with ideas. The U.S. publishing industry created pocket-sized paperback books called “Armed Services Editions\,” as well as petite issues of domestic newspapers and miniature “overseas” editions of popular magazines. In total\, more than 1 billion periodicals and 123 million paperbacks were distributed to 16 million American troops. In the words of the New York Post in 1945\, the United States had “the best-read Army in the world\,” and these readers returned home with an unquenchable reading habit\, revolutionizing the book and magazine industries. The Best-Read Army in the World features approximately 225 pieces from the collection of Molly Guptill Manning (best-selling author and associate professor of law\, New York Law School)\, including miniature books and periodicals\, photographs\, posters\, artwork\, propaganda leaflets\, and letters. Highlights include rare prototypes for the troop-friendly publications\, a bundle of Armed Services Editions in its original packaging\, a U.S. army librarian uniform\, and a display on World War II-era book bans. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue published by the Grolier Club. \nFree and open to all. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-lecture-molly-manning-on-best-read-army-tickets-686571412577?aff=erelpanelorg
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/molly-manning-the-best-read-army-in-the-world/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T203000
DTSTAMP:20230830T184203Z
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SUMMARY:19th Century Special Interest Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nThe 19th Century special interest group will meet the third Thursday of the month from 4:30-5:30pm Pacific/7:30-8:30pm Eastern beginning September 21. This SIG offers “a broad look at the 19th Century bibliophilic world; presentations and discussion for collectors\, scholars\, creatives and other book professionals.” \nTo register\, contact Jennifer at info@fabsocieties.org. \nParticipants are expected to be members of a FABS Society or guests of a member. If you’re not sure whether you belong to a FABS society\, consult this list. And if you’re not yet a member\, do join one of our bibliophilic societies! Looking for the right club for you? Write to info@fabsocieties.org and Jennifer will be happy to advise.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/19th-century-special-interest-zoom-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T203000
DTSTAMP:20230905T131008Z
CREATED:20230905T130828Z
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SUMMARY:Bibliobotany: Artistic Expression Using the Pages of Books to Create Botanical Structures
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society \n \nThursday\, September 21st\, 7-8:30pm EST\, free and open to the public. \nJoin us for a very special Forum featuring artist Lisa Meek. Lisa Meek creates extraordinarily beautiful botanical sculptures from the pages of books. Incorporating the language of flowers and topical books\, these works allow her to use her art for activism in conservation and other issues she feels strongly about. \nHer work has been shown throughout the United States\, captivating gardeners\, art lovers\, conservationists and book lovers alike. Most recently\, she exhibited at the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh and in NYC. She is currently represented by Fremin Gallery NYC. \nPlease note that this Forum will be in person at Loganberry Books beginning at 7:00 PM. You may also join via Zoom: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/87644338314?pwd=Z0MvMFhCcVJ3VEpEZS9kZE12bXlSZz09 \nMeeting ID: 876 4433 8314 \nPasscode: 856324 \nHope you all had a good Labor Day weekend\, look forward to seeing you at the next Forum in person or via zoom. \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/bibliobotany-artistic-expression-using-the-pages-of-books-to-create-botanical-structures/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230920T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230920T190000
DTSTAMP:20230905T131138Z
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SUMMARY:Spencer Stuart on the Antiquarian Book Trade
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Baltimore Bibliophiles \nThis month’s (ZOOM) program features Spencer Stewart\, who will pose the question: How has the antiquarian book trade changed – and is changing – from the inside out and the outside in? Are there changes in the way people – collectors and the Public – view the book trade? Have “virtual” book fairs and auctions become an effective or ineffective substitute for face to face interactions such as occurred pre-pandemic? Spencer Stewart explores these topics and more within the framework of his recently published book\, Contemporary Issues in Rare Book & Manuscript Collecting. Please join us on Wednesday\, September 20th at 7:00 pm Eastern Time. A ZOOM link will be provided as soon as possible. \nFor a link\, please contact Binnie Syril Braunstein: bsbgc@aol.com
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/spencer-stuart-on-the-antiquarian-book-trade/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230918T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230918T205000
DTSTAMP:20230911T223706Z
CREATED:20230830T183743Z
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SUMMARY:Bindings Special Interest Zoom Group
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nFABS Special Interest Group: Binding \n18 September\, 2023 \n7:30-8:50pm eastern / 6:30-7:50pm midwest / 5:30-6:50pm mountain / 4:30-5:50pm pacific \nMINIATURE BINDINGS: Discussion and Show & Tell \nJoin FABS members interested in Bindings \nfor an informal Discussion about MINIATURE BINDINGS\, followed by a Show & Tell. \nThe program will feature a brief history by Tony Firman\, \nfollowed by a selection of miniature bindings with Kathy Roberts. \nWe then invite everyone to show a favorite from your collection\, share a “mini” story\, \nor simply sit back and enjoy as others share their books and stories! \nThis program will not be recorded. \n  \n~ The FABS Special Interest Group: Binding meets every third Monday of the month ~ \nThe Bindings special interest Zoom group will meet Monday September 18\, at 4:30-5:50pm Pacific/7:30-8:50pm Eastern. Thereafter\, meetings will be held on the third Monday of the month. “The Bindings Interest Group hosts discussions and presentations that share collections and information on bookbindings of all periods. Topics include\, but are not limited to\, history\, design and aesthetics\, innovation\, materials and craft techniques.” \nTo register\, contact Jennifer at info@fabsocieties.org and copy Marc at mcchavez@comcast.net \nParticipants are expected to be members of a FABS Society or guests of a member. If you’re not sure whether you belong to a FABS society\, consult this list. And if you’re not yet a member\, do join one of our bibliophilic societies! Looking for the right club for you? Write to info@fabsocieties.org and Jennifer will be happy to advise. \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/bindings-special-interest-zoom-group/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230918T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230918T191500
DTSTAMP:20230901T170731Z
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SUMMARY:From Books to Bytes: Building the Next Generation of Bancroft Library Collections
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nMonday Sept. 18\, 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Pacific\nIn-person and virtual presentation \n5:30 PM Pacific – Reception\n6:00 PM Pacific – Program \nThe Book Club of California | 312 Sutter Street | San Francisco\, California 94108 \nHistorian\, writer\, and collector Hubert Howe Bancroft sold his expansive collection of research materials on the history of Western North America to the University of California in 1905\, thus establishing the eponymous library as a center of historical research and scholarship on Western Americana. This presentation explores over a hundred years of collecting at The Bancroft Library\, from the library’s Valencia Street origins in San Francisco to its present moment on the University of California\, Berkeley campus. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Kate Donovan\, Director of The Bancroft Library & Associate University Librarian for Special Collections at University of California\, Berkeley \n* Co-presented and co-hosted by the Northern California Chapter of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to attend the virtual presentation on Zoom
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/from-books-to-bytes-building-the-next-generation-of-bancroft-library-collections/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T190000
DTSTAMP:20230912T140421Z
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SUMMARY:Rachel Church on The Women of Windy Hill (Artists' Book on Community Cookbooks)
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Baxter Society \nRachel Church will speak about her artist’s book The Women of Windy Hill\, which commemorates the creation of a self-published cookbook during the pandemic. \nTo register for this talk\, contact: baxtersociety@gmail.com \nFrom Rachel’s website: \nIn 2021\, the Women’s Group of the North Vienna United Methodist Church\, a church perched up on a windy ridge at the highest point in a small\, rural town\, created Cooped Up Cooking. The introduction reads: \nIt has been ten years since the Wednesday Morning Women’s Group published a cookbook. 2020-21 has been a challenging time for everyone. For a period\, the group did not meet. Then we met on Zoom\, better than not meeting at all\, but not the same as being together! It was so good when we finally could be back together in-person\, to share\, laugh\, and cry together. This new cookbook contains comfort food recipes that nourished us during the pandemic; new finds discovered during cooking adventures; as well as our thoughts\, and prayers\, and scripture that sustained us. Our hope is that you will find some old treasures\, new finds\, and comfort in this cookbook. \nCommunity cookbooks are valuable because they document not only the foods eaten in a specific community in a given time\, but also the values\, history\, and social networks of a community\, and particularly (but not exclusively) communities of women. I was interested in this cookbook because it reflects as time in this community (and the world) of extreme challenges. For many of us\, food and cooking gained even more appreciation as nourishment both for our bodies and our spirits. I wanted to make this project to highlight the women who created the cookbook and the stories within their recipes and\, more personally\, because these women were part of my own upbringing; I grew up in that small\, rural community. I am grateful that they have been open with their stories\, photos\, and recipe boxes to create this collaborative artwork\, which I hope brings attention and honor to the foods that sustain us\, the memories they contain\, and the people who make it.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/rachel-church-on-the-women-of-windy-hill-artists-book-on-community-cookbooks/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T193000
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SUMMARY:FABS Handpress Era Special Interest Group Zoom Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by FABS \nMembers of this group show and discuss examples of  “printed books and other printed works created before ca. 1800.”  Open to all members of FABS societies and their guests. If you’re interested but not yet a member\, contact us! \nWe meet the second Monday of the month from 7:30-8:30pm Eastern Time. \nTo join the mailing list and receive invitations for this Zoom group\, write to info@fabsocieties.org. \n \nParticipants are expected to be members of a FABS Society or guests of a member. If you’re not sure whether you belong to a FABS society\, consult this list. And if you’re not yet a member\, do join one of our bibliophilic societies! Looking for the right club for you? Write to info@fabsocieties.org and Jennifer will be happy to advise.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/fabs-handpress-era-special-interest-group-zoom-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230911T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230911T191500
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SUMMARY:Nut Tree: From a California Ranch to a Design\, Food\, and Hospitality Icon
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nMonday Sept. 11\, 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM Pacific \nIn-person and virtual presentation \n5:30 PM Pacific – Reception\n6:00 PM Pacific – Program \nDiane Power Zimmerman will share highlights from her book Nut Tree: From a California Ranch to a Design\, Food\, and Hospitality Icon. As the oldest granddaughter of the founders of a famous northern California roadside destination\, Nut Tree\, Power Zimmerman is uniquely poised to tell the story of a twentieth century icon. \nThe real story begins in 1921\, when newlyweds\, Helen and Bunny (Edward) Power took over a lease on a 150-acre California ranch and disaster struck. A late frost and early heat wave wiped out most of the fruit crop\, and what was left\, could no longer be shipped to the cities in the East. In desperation the couple set up a roadside stand to sell fruit and recapture some profits. They soon realized that American’s love affair with the automobile had just begun. \nHelen and Bunny Power were in the right place and time to start a small farm-based restaurant that grew into a multi-million-dollar entertainment complex thanks to the advent of the automobile. While the history begins with the California Gold Rush\, the main story focuses on the entrepreneurial successes of her family. \nAfter the business closed\, Power Zimmerman began to collect the stories tinged with nostalgia and the vivid memories proffered by fans. Power Zimmerman draws from family records\, letters\, newspaper clippings\, photos\, and the extensive archives of the Vacaville Museum to create a visually stunning book full of tales and photos chronicling the twentieth century. Power Zimmerman reflects on the writing experience and tells how a simple history took on a life of its own. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Diane Power Zimmerman\, author and a fifth-generation member of the founding family of the Nut Tree \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister to attend the virtual presentation on Zoom
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/nut-tree-from-a-california-ranch-to-a-design-food-and-hospitality-icon/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230910T140000
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SUMMARY:BCW's Emory Award Presentation: David Wertheimer
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington \nIt’s always a pleasure to give this award to someone who has made a significant contribution to the culture of the book in our state\, and fellow bibliophiles in attendance love hearing from the awardee how they got hooked on books and where that has taken them. \nWe are pleased to announce that this year’s recipient of the Emory Award is David Wertheimer. The Emory Award is presented annually by the Book Club of Washington to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the culture of the book in Washington State. David is perhaps best known to BCW members for his very fine work as Editor since 2017 of The Journal of The Book Club of Washington\, published twice a year. \nThe Emory Award was established in honor of Meade and Deborah Emory\, who were avid book collectors and contributed many articles to The Journal\, as well as supporting libraries in our community. It is most fitting to bestow this honor on David\, who\, as editor of The Journal\, reflects the tradition of scholarship associated with the Emorys. David is not only an outstanding editor and scholar\, but a collector who has generously shared his expertise with students and BCW members as well as endowing his alma mater\, Haverford College\, with an amazing collection of incunabula.  He has had a lifelong fascination with books\, starting as a young boy perusing the libraries and bookstores of New York City\, which introduced him to the world of rare books.  David not only shares his expertise and knowledge of books with the wider community but gives back to multiple communities through his many service activities. \nRegister here: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/emory-award-presentation-and-celebration
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/bcws-emory-award-presentation-david-wertheimer/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230908T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230908T170000
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SUMMARY:The Play’s the (Medieval) Thing: What Manuscripts Reveal
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club \n\n \nTheater didn’t just spring to life with Shakespeare. Morality\, mystery\, masques and more trod the boards long before anyone conjured up the First Folio. \nYou’ll want to be in the audience as Dr. Carol Symes explores the lively history of medieval plays. Among Caxton speakers\, she’s probably the first to have earned both a PhD from Harvard and an Actors’ Equity card. She also studied at Yale and Oxford — while training as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. \nCarol will be joining us from Urbana-Champaign\, where she is a professor\, an author\, and a much published editor of scholarly journals about medieval texts. (She does lecture about the plague\, but usually in a classroom\, not on anyone’s houses.) \nEveryman probably had to stand in a long line to see the York\, Chester\, and Wakefield Mystery Plays. You can skip the line and enjoy a front row (virtual) seat to this fascinating and generously illustrated program! \nZoom presentation is free and open to all. \nZoom begins at 12:00PM CT/1:00 PM ET. Preregistration required via website. \nPlease forward this notice to anyone who may find it of interest.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/the-plays-the-medieval-thing-what-manuscripts-reveal/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230905T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230905T190000
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SUMMARY:Shakespeare's First Folio at 400
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Caxton Club and The Newberry Library \n \nCelebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio at the Newberry. \nThis program will be held in-person at the Newberry and livestreamed on Zoom. The online version of this event will be live captioned. \nFree and open to all. Register at the Newberry: https://www.newberry.org/calendar/shakespeares-first-folio-at-400 \nEsteemed Shakespeare director Gregory Doran is visiting Chicago this fall on a personal expedition to see copies of the First Folio – the original compilation of most of Shakespeare’s plays\, published in 1623 – around the world. The 400th anniversary of the First Folio coincides with the release of Mr. Doran’s new book\, My Shakespeare: A Director’s Journey through the First Folio. \nJoin us for a lively conversation between Mr. Doran\, Barbara Gaines\, founder of Chicago Shakespeare Theater\, and Newberry curator Jill Gage about the significance and legacy of the Newberry’s copy of the First Folio\, as well as Mr. Doran’s and Ms. Gaines’ Folio-based methods to directing Shakespeare’s works. \nMy Shakespeare is available to purchase at the Newberry bookshop\, and the author will sign copies after the talk. \nThis program is cosponsored with Chicago Shakespeare Theater and the Free For All Foundation at the Chicago Community Trust. \nSpeakers \nGregory Doran is a leading theatre director\, described by the Sunday Times as “one of the great Shakespeareans of his generation.” He was Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2012 until 2022. In 2002 he won the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement of the Year and in June 2012 he was awarded the Sam Wanamaker Award by the Globe Theatre\, in recognition of his work in increasing the understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare. \nBarbara Gaines has directed nearly sixty productions at Chicago Shakespeare since founding the theater in 1986\, including thirty of Shakespeare’s plays. Honors include the 2008 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre\, the prestigious Honorary OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in recognition of her contributions to strengthening British-American cultural relations\, as well as multiple Joseph Jefferson Awards for Best Production and for Best Director. Ms. Gaines has directed at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-on-Avon\, Lyric Opera of Chicago\, and the Old Globe in San Diego. \nJill Gage is Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History of Printing and Bibliographer for British Literature and History at the Newberry Library. She curated the 2016 Newberry exhibition\, Creating Shakespeare. \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/shakespeares-first-folio-at-400/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T170000
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SUMMARY:Deadline: CABS-Minnesota Diverse Voices Fellowship Coordinator
DESCRIPTION:Job Posting from the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar \nFellowship Coordinator Application Deadline September 30\, 2023 \nThe Antiquarian Book School Foundation is currently accepting applications for the position of Fellowship Coordinator. This part-time\, primarily work-from-home position involves managing the CABS-Minnesota Diverse Voices Fellowship program. The full job description and application form are available at this link. Applications are due by September 30\, 2023. Prospective applicants with questions may contact michele@bookseminars.com or sign up for a time to chat with her here.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/deadline-cabs-minnesota-diverse-voices-fellowship-coordinator/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230904T200000
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DTSTAMP:20230829T195855Z
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SUMMARY:Barton Smith on Darwin’s Life in Autographs: The Evolution of a Collection
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society \nManuscript Mondays – Darwin’s Life in Autographs: The Evolution of a Collection\nLive\, Free Webinar\nMonday\, September 4th\, 2023\n8:00PM Eastern\, 5:00PM Pacific\nGuest: Dr. Barton Smith\nModerator: Brian Kathenes\nJoin us for an insider’s look at the fascinating life of Charles Darwin\, through the incredible autograph collection of Dr. Barton Smith. Dr. Smith will share some amazing letters and manuscripts from his extensive Darwin collection. \nAbout the Speaker:\nDr. Barton Smith Barton is a retired gastroenterologist\, and past president of the Manuscript Society. \nRegister for September’s Manuscript Mondays presentation: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nrD-W3sLQXeP29XoKIjcDA\nYou will receive a confirmation email after registering. \nVisit our archives of past Manuscript Mondays \n 
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/barton-smith-on-darwins-life-in-autographs-the-evolution-of-a-collection/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230828T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230828T191500
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SUMMARY:"My biography is the history of California:" Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo and his Recuerdos
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nMariano Guadalupe Vallejo (1807–90) grew up in Spanish California\, became a leading military and political figure in Mexican California\, and participated in some of the founding events of U.S. California\, such as the Monterey Constitutional Convention and the first legislature. Like many Mexican Californios he lost most of his land to squatter occupation and expensive legal proceedings during the first few decades of American rule. \nA generation after the U.S. conquest of California\, Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo set out to write the story of the land he knew so well. He aimed to dispel the romantic vision that was beginning to dominate the interpretation of the state’s history before the American conquest. Vallejo sought to correct misrepresentations of California’s past\, which dismissed as insignificant the pre–gold rush Spanish and Mexican periods\, and conflated them into one “Mission era.” He sought to convince the new rulers of the land in which he had been born that the Mexican people had laid the foundation for the California in which they were now all living. \nTo this end he spent more than a year and a half composing a five-volume history\, which he titled Recuerdos. It is the most complete account of California before the gold rush written by someone who resided in California at the time. \nRose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz have translated Vallejo’s Recuerdos and have brought to light a remarkable perspective\, often firsthand\, on important events in early California history. Their efforts restore a critical chapter to the story of California and the American West. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Rose Marie Beebe\, professor emerita of Spanish literature at Santa Clara University and Robert M. Senkewicz\, professor emeritus of History at Santa Clara University. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oOVt6OVORxKAcdNjJ2br5w#/registration
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/my-biography-is-the-history-of-california-mariano-guadalupe-vallejo-and-his-recuerdos/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230824T203000
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SUMMARY:Dan Freidus on Ex-Pat Cookbooks: Community & Identity While Living Abroad
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society (NOBS) \nEx-Pat Cookbooks: Community & Identity While Living Abroad \nwith Dan Freidus \nThursday\, August 24th\, 7-8:30pm EST \nNOBS member Dan Freidus has been collecting cookbooks for his entire adult life. He stumbled into collecting expat cookbooks when he found a community cookbook from an Episcopalian church in Cairo\, Egypt. As Dan says\, “I found the genre to be incredibly interesting and diverse – everything from books by and for Peace Corps volunteers in Nepal to families of U.S. occupation forces after WWII in Japan\, as well as clubs of expats in many cities and countries around the world. Even better\, most titles have been quite inexpensive!” Dan’s collection now numbers about 1\,000 expat cookbooks from dozens of countries going back to before 1920. Join us on August 24th to hear about and see examples from Dan’s unique collection! \nThis Forum will be in person at Loganberry Books beginning at 7:00 PM. You may also join via Zoom: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/88024420013?pwd=VzhyU3JjZDlrNFU0bFEvdlltV0lOdz09 \nMeeting ID: 880 2442 0013 \nPasscode: 907804 \nMany of you attended our summer outing in July looking at the Cleveland Museum of Art’s great books collection led by docent and NOBS member\, Dr. Laura Martin. It was a fabulous tour highlighting books maybe not as frequently viewed as say the Book of Hours. \nHope to see you either in person or via zoom later this month. We are so happy that the Book Fair is back and already looking forward to next years. Hope you all have had a pleasant summer.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/dan-freidus-on-ex-pat-cookbooks-community-identity-while-living-abroad/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230820T140000
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SUMMARY:The Huntington: Buying and Building One of the World’s Greatest Libraries
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of Washington \nBuying and Building One of the World’s Greatest Libraries\nPresentation by Dr. Vanessa Wilkie\nSenior Curator of Medieval Manuscripts & British History\nat The Huntington Library \nOnline Sunday\, August 20\, 2 pm PDT \nRegister here: https://www.bookclubofwashington.org/events-1/buying-and-building-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-libraries \nDr. Wilkie will take us back to a time when wealthy Americans like Henry E. Huntington could acquire amazing collections formed abroad and build a large private library to house them. We’ll learn about the acquisition in 1917 of the Ellesmere and Bridgewater Collections and the Larpent Plays\, explore some of the high points in these collections and touch on some of the people who built the original collections. Dr. Wilkie will also explain how these early acquisitions continue to inform research in the Library’s collections and influence the kinds of materials that The Huntington still acquires. \nDr. Vanessa Wilkie is the Head of the Library Curatorial Department and curates the Library’s renowned collections of medieval manuscripts and British History. She earned her PhD in British history from the University of California at Riverside and was a visiting assistant professor of history at the University of Redlands before coming to The Huntington in 2013. Her book A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England (Atria/Simon & Schuster) was published in April 2023.
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/buying-and-building-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-libraries/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230814T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230814T191500
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SUMMARY:Companions of Minds and Books: H.H. and Matilda Bancroft in Their Literary Industries
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nKim Bancroft will discuss the legacy of her great-great-grandparents\, H.H. Bancroft\, historian of the West and founder of The Bancroft Library at U.C. Berkeley\, and his second wife\, Matilda Bancroft\, a writer and historian in her own right. \nAfter marrying H.H. in 1859\, Emily wrote voluminous letters from San Francisco to her family in Buffalo in the 1860s. Seven years after Emily died in 1869\, H.H. married Matilda\, who composed volumes of diaries and letters from 1876-1910\, along with oral histories. \nKim Bancroft’s book “Writing Themselves into History: Emily and Matilda Bancroft in Journals and Letters” highlights piquant details from these women’s writing\, noting political and cultural changes during those years\, as well as race\, class\, and gender differences underlying Emily and Matilda’s social observations. These women also captured the private life of a man who would become a very public figure through his writing and library. \nIn particular\, Matilda relished her ability to participate in her husband’s book-making efforts. With him\, she traveled to collect documents and stories regarding those who had settled the West and its multitudes of commerce\, cultures\, and government. Matilda learned how to edit her husband’s writing. Her work also found its way into his books\, with both her own writings and the oral histories she took. \nIn her presentation\, Kim Bancroft will focus on this remarkable couple’s companionship of shared ideals and ambitions in telling the story of the West\, though from very different perspectives\, one a public man\, the other a private woman. How these two writers of different natures contributed to literary life in California and beyond—with plentiful challenges and controversies—makes for an engaging story. \nAn in-person and virtual presentation by Kim Bancroft\, author and editor. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OVBai0BLQ_edxTBmwWLCeg#/registration
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/companions-of-minds-and-books-h-h-and-matilda-bancroft-in-their-literary-industries/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230807T200000
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SUMMARY:John Law\, the Mississippi Bubble and the Settling of New Orleans
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Manuscript Society\nManuscript Mondays: John Law\, Mississippi Bubble and Settling of New Orleans\nMonday\, August 7\, 2023 – 8:00 PM Eastern – Live Free Webinar\nPresenter: Howard Margot                                                    Moderator: Brian Kathenes\nThe Historic New Orleans Collection has built an extensive collection of materials related to John Law de Lauriston (1671–1729). Law was a Scottish gambler\, banker\, and monetary theorist. From 1717 to 1720 he attempted to eliminate France’s crippling national debt by creating a central bank that issued paper currency. The currency was exchangeable for shares of stock in the nascent Louisiana colony. That attempt\, dubbed Law’s “System\,” failed spectacularly. The result was the collapse of the Mississippi Bubble and bankruptcy for many in France’s investor class. However\, it also enabled the founding of the city of New Orleans. \nWe’ll look at this period through the prism of The Historic New Orleans Collection’s (THNOC) holdings. We will highlight its two most recent additions. They provide a rare look at the final days of the bubble. One is a bound recueil (compendium) of documents related to Law’s banking system\, the other a group of 19 arrêts (official state edicts) enacted between April and November of 1720\, during the last eight months of the System’s existence. \nPresenter: Howard Margot\nA native New Orleanian and (approx.) 10th-generation Louisianan\, Howard Margot is a curator at The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) where he has worked since 2006. Educated in his home state and in France\, he has enjoyed working with local French and Spanish manuscripts from his favorite century\, the 18th\, since 2001. \nRegister for Webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zsXEyyhnR7iVJlo4zPfKJQ
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/john-law-the-mississippi-bubble-and-the-settling-of-new-orleans/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230731T200000
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SUMMARY:A Maker of Books: Alec Bolton and his Brindabella Press
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Book Club of California \nAustralia has a long history of fine printing\, which is mostly unknown outside of the country itself. ‘Printing is like religion’\, acclaimed Australian book artist Alec Bolton once said\, ‘We live in sin\, but with the hope of perfection before us.’ And while his life circled around books and writing generally\, it was his private press\, the Brindabella Press\, that won him acclaim as an Australian book arts practitioner from the 1970s until his death in 1996. Starting with one-page poems and pamphlets\, he quickly moved on to hardback and then hand-bound titles\, and sought always to print books that were both beautiful and meaningful. His editions of significant Australian writers such as Barbara Hanrahan\, Les A. Murray and Kenneth Slessor are now scarce and sought after. However\, despite these author’s importance at the heart of everything was the distinguished poet Rosemary Dobson\, his wife\, who first suggested he take up letterpress printing and who wrote three of the Press’s most beloved books. \nMichael Richards’s book contains both a comprehensive bibliography of the Brindabella Press\, as well as an account of a passionate Australian mainstream publisher and the hand-printed books he made for himself and his friends in the last decades of the twentieth century\, keeping alive letterpress skills that were being swept away by constant changes in the printing industry. \nA virtual presentation by Michael Richards\, author\, librarian\, historian\, bookseller\, and book collector \nClick here to REGISTER for the Virtual Presentation on Zoom
URL:http://www.fabsocieties.org/event/a-maker-of-books-alec-bolton-and-his-brindabella-press/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230719T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230719T193000
DTSTAMP:20230712T201742Z
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SUMMARY:Joshua O'Driscoll: Nuns at Work: The Poor Clares as Makers of Books in Gothic Cologne
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by The Grolier Club \nJoshua O’Driscoll\, Assistant Curator of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum\, will speak on “Nuns at Work: The Poor Clares As Makers of Books in Gothic Cologne.” A newly-emerged fragment from an otherwise lost deluxe choir book serves as the point of departure for Dr. O’Driscoll’s talk\, which examines the manuscripts of the Poor Clares of Cologne. Between approximately 1320 and 1360\, these nuns—who were by no means poor—operated a prolific workshop that produced sumptuous illuminated books primarily for local monastic use\, but also for wealthy civic patrons. Inscriptions and marginal portraits in several of the surviving manuscripts indicate that the Poor Clares were active not only as scribes\, but also as painters. Women like Petronilla von Scherve\, Gertrude van dem Vorst and Loppa vom Spiegel documented their activities as both patrons and producers of manuscripts\, which in turn formed part of a larger practice of memorialization and devotion. Scholars have even suggested that the nuns used a system of crypto-signatures (small red discs with distinctive patterns of white lines and dots) to distinguish one painter’s work from another. If true\, these signatures may have served a logistical role in the production process\, as the manuscripts were often illuminated collaboratively. Because of their well-documented historical context\, along with the potentially innovative use of artistic crypto-signatures\, the manuscripts produced by the Poor Clares of Cologne vividly testify to the central role of female patronage and production in the history of medieval art—particularly that of the early fourteenth century\, a period characterized by rapid urbanization and immense social upheavals. \nOffered in connection with Rare Book School classes taught this week in New York City at the Grolier Club and elsewhere. Offered in connection with Rare Book School classes taught this week in New York City at the Grolier Club and elsewhere. \nThis registration is for the virtual webcast: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-event-rare-book-school-lecture-tickets-676963454917?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=Virtual+Event%3A+Rare+Book+School+Lecture&aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail \nRegistration \nIf you are a Grolier Club member\, please register yourself and your guests via the Club website. Do not register via Eventbrite.
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