So jet lag thundered into my bones today but I made my 3 pm meeting with Dr. Stephanie Coane, at Eton College. The library was exquisite. Raw wood. No oil, no varnish, no paint. It held such a soft armiture for the books to rest. It’s perhaps the gentlest library I’ve seen. The rooms had a quiet grace. Apparently the College…
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Bodleian Library considers Addendum, Edition 26!
Well, of course I woke up happy, my adventure continues. Tho in my excitement I actually forgot the Addendum and had to return to my room (it was a fast elevator ride).But I made it to Oxford, and found the newly opened and gorgeous Weston library – part of the Bodleian library. Before my appointment, I saw some…
Library of Congress accepts Addendum to the Gutenberg Bible!
It’s official! The Gutenberg Bible at the Library of Congress has a new friend in the stacks: Addendum, Edition 25! I could not be more delighted. That makes 21 Gutenberg Bibles ‘addended’ with contemporary science!
Library of Congress received Addendum, Edition #25!
What a way to ring in the new year but at the overwhelmingly beautiful Library of Congress! My dear friend Meg Jamieson accompanied me to the Library of Congress on the afternoon of January 2. I was looking for the Chief of Rare Books and Special Collections, Mark Dimunation. After an hour wait to get our library cards (good for…
Edition 24 left for Nicolas Ducimetiere of the Bodmer Foundation in Geneva
Yesterday, my final delivery for this trip was at the Bodmer Library in Geneva Switzerland. My schedule didn’t allow me to deliver it to the Vice-Director on Tuesday so I left Addendum, Edition 24 with Ugo Rodriguez. And then I went through the truly astounding Musee Bodmer. Breath-taking display of the word! A museum founded less on the incredible content…
Addendum Ed. 13 in review by Dr. Halle and Dr. Pfeil of Landes – und Murhardsche Bibliothek — Kassel Germany
Had a lovely conversation with Dr. Salina Braun who was able to receive me on Friday morning at Landesbibliothek in Kassel. Gutenberg Bible with Hubay #12, vol. 1 is stored in their Landes-und Murhardsche Bibliothek. She will share Addendum #13 with Dr. Halle and Dr. Pfeil to review. In return, I was given a hard copy book with the ‘hilabraht’…
Delighted to leave Edition 11 in the good hands of Dr. Overgaauw, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
Yesterday, a wonderful conversation with Dr. Overgaauw, Head of Manuscripts at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin with Gutenberg Bible Hubay #3. We talked about all sorts of things. He apologized that he could not show me their deluxe parchment version (the temperature in the library was too high to bring out their Gutenberg) as it would distort in the changing climate (I…
Edition #9 accepted by Hochschul- und Landesbibliothek in Fulda. Gutenberg Bible Hubay #4.
So I was able to meet briefly with the very pragmatic librarian Gerda Lobe-Roeder in Fulda who accepted Addendum edition #9 for inclusion in their catalogue along with Gutenberg Hubay #4.
Ed. #7 left for Dr. Michael Embach at Stadtbibliothek-Weberbach in Trier, Germany
I only contacted Dr. Embach on the train ride to Trier so of course he was unavailable. I left Addendum, edition #7 for him to review for inclusion to their collection along with their copy of Gutenberg Bible Hubay #11. I’m loving how each of these libraries has such a different personality. The train ride to Trier from Mainz was…
ONB collections closed for the day, but shivers upon the approach!
So. I arrived at the Vienna train station at 1:40. Dropped my bag at a pension, put Addendum Edition #2 in my bag and found the Austrian National Library at 3 ( it closes at 4). Found the collections office at 3:20 but Collections closes at 3. So…. I went to the Leopoldo museum. Oh Egon Schiele! What a great…