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In this audio clip, the interviewer asks if the interviewee's experience learning the book in school did justice in reflecting the magnitude of the story. The interviewee explains that the lessons and messages in Noli became clearer to him outside…

The items are a page from an illuminated medieval manuscript. The first image depicts the full page, with its artwork and neat handwritten calligraphy. The words are rendered in light brown ink. The second image is a close-up picture of the artwork…

This item is a partial page of an illuminated medieval manuscript. It depicts colourful artwork of a scribe holding a quill and surrounded by mythical creatures and animals — all curving to the shape of a capital letter "R". There are some…

This item is a partial page of a medieval manuscript. The focus of the image is the illuminated artwork, following the shape of a capital letter "R". The artwork features a monk holding a red quill in his hand, surrounded by different types of…

This is an illuminated capital letter R. Inside the letter is: a seated tonsured scribe with a quill and a loose piece of parchment; a tonsured person with a censer; lots of dragons possibly eating one another; a dog playing a triangular instrument…

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"A Map of Middle-Earth. Drawn and Embellished by Pauline Baynes. Based on the cartography of J.R.R. and C.J.R. Tolkien. First Trade Printing 1970. (c) George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1970. Printed in U.S.A. 345-24944-5-300 $3.00 Pauline Baynes 1969."…

The first image is the cover of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the second image is the title page of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from 1885 in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.

illuminations and illustrations on parchment leaves 12.5''h x 9.5''w. Part of the chronology. Diagrams family relations from the beginning of the old testament up to the time of Christ, providing both biblic and historical lineages. (Fisher Library)…