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Archive: March 2021 (11 Posts)

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Another Little Piece: A New Way to Study Medieval Manuscript Fragments

Posted by: Neely Tucker

The Library is collaborating with the international initiative Fragmentarium.ms to help pioneer digital fragmentology, piecing together long-ago manuscripts that were torn apart or had fallen into pieces over the centuries. Fragmentarium is building an international community around the ability to identify, search, compare, and collect data on medieval manuscript fragments.  What does that mean?  For one, it means that libraries across the world can work together to create complete virtual reconstructions of Ege’s manuscripts. O

Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

New! Read Around the States

Posted by: Neely Tucker

Today the Library launches Read Around the States, a program in which U.S. members of Congress pick a book for young people that is connected to their states – either through the book’s setting or author, or perhaps simply because it is a favorite of the member.
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