Special Collections Exhibition Catalogues and Learning Resources
Exhibition Catalogues
- Medieval Manuscripts & Early Print Works at Memorial University Libraries
- The Permeable Barrier (17th Century)
- A Grand Tour (18th Century)
- Pictures and Patterns (19th Century)
- The Catalogue is the Exhibit: Artists' Books (20th Century)
- Veritable Bijoux: Miniature Books
- Who Will Brighten Their Grave Faces (19th Century Popular Literature)
Video and Audio Learning Resources. The following short videos are designed to introduce students at Memorial University to the holding of the Libraries’ Special Collections unit.
Video (Memorial University Libraries)
- Library Resources for Special Collections : Includes an introduction to Memorial University Libraries Special Collections’ website; the Libraries’ online catalogue (OneSearch); Special Collections databases; the Libraries’ Digital Archive, as well some freely available online resources.
- OneSearch and Special Collections :A closer look at how to search the Libraries’ online catalogue (OneSearch) for special collections material. Includes how to search to search special collections holdings by date range; how to search journal titles and find databases related to special collections research; as well as how to search using subject headings.
- Two Books of Hours at Memorial University Libraries: This video slide preesentation offers a brief introduction to the Book of Hours, discusses how these books were made in the late medieval period, before highlighting the contents and decorative styles of the two books of hours held by Memorial University Libraries.
- A Brief History of Electronic Books : This video slide presentation offers a brief overview of the history of electronic books, looks at the some of the characteristics of electronic versus print books, as well as the overall success of the electronic book in what is still a codex world.
- A Brief History of Book Binding: This video slide presentation offers a brief overview of the history of book binding, covering principles to keep in mind when examing book bindings, offering an overview of the processes involved in book binding, as well as highlighting decorative book binding styles beteen the sixteenth century and the present.
- Medieval Manuscripts and Early Print Works at Memorial University Libraries :Based on the print catalogue of the same name, this short video looks at works from the late medieval and early modern periods in the holdings of Memorial University Libraries.
- The Permeable Barrier: A Catalogue of 17th Century Print Holdings at Memorial University Libraries: Based on a print catalogue of the same name, this short video looks at works from the 17th Century in the holdings of Memorial University Libraries.
- A Grand Tour: A Catalogue of 18th Century Print Holdings at Memorial University Libraries :Based on a print catalogue of the same name, this short video looks at works from the 18th Century in the holdings of Memorial University Libraries.
- The Catalogue Is the Exhibit: Artists’ Books at Memorial University Libraries : Based on a print catalogue of the same name, this short video looks at artists’ books in the holdings of Memorial University Libraries.
Audio from Memorial University Libraries
- Random or Purposeful :a talk by Special Collections Librarian Patrick Warner about the nature of special collections at Memorial University Libraries.
- Harm I Bare Not: a review/essay by Special Collections Librarian Patrick Warner on Quodlibets (1628), the earliest book of English verse written in North America.
Other Online Video Resources. The following list contains videos and other resources on the craft of making books, both in manuscript form and in printed form using movable metal type. All of these resources are freely available online.
Manuscripts and Manuscript Processes
How to make parchment from animal skins
How Medieval Manuscripts were made
Colour in Medieval Manuscripts
List of digitized Medieval Manuscript Collections online (University of Chicago resource)
Hand-Press Printing
Paper making (from rags)
Type: How movable metal type is made
tempering punches and striking matrices
Hand composing or setting metal type
Mechanical casting of metal type (linotype)
The Printing Press in Operation
Printing on a Gutenberg press (wooden press)
Printing on a cast iron press (the Albion Press)
Describing Books
Marbled Papers
Chris Rowlatt | Bookbinder & Paper Marbler |
Decorative and decorated papers database (University of Washington)
Book Binding
Shows the binding process, as done by hand, including sewing, gold leaf work, leather work, and finishing with heated tools. The video also shows the restoration process of re-backing.
Making a Set of Three Leatherbound Books.
Printmaking: Illustration
Introduction to print making (relief, intaglio, lithography)
Graphics Atlas (tool for identifying the various kinds of prints and photographs)