music manuscripts – Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies

Sponsored by The Manuscript Society Guest Presenter: Lilla Vekerdy, Head of the Special Collections Department, Smithsonian Institution Libraries Host: Gerald “Jay” Gaidmore, The Manuscript Society A live presentation followed by a Q & A with presenter Lilla Vekerdy Title: How Can Book Bindings Sing? Presentation Description: How Can Book Bindings […]

Manuscript Mondays: Singing Books [Music Manuscript Bindings]

Sponsored by FABS Join Lilla Vekerdy, Head & Curator of Special Collections at the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, to view and hear about the “Singing Bindings” of The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology. These unique bindings feature fragments of medieval music manuscripts as covers of Renaissance […]