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A woodcut illustration depicts a group of people kneeling before a winged demon with goat legs, amid a landscape. The scene evokes fear and submission.

Oct 31, 2025 RARE BOOKS VIRTUAL LECTURE — BOOKS TO DIE FOR

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The Rare Books Department invites you to view its most recent virtual lecture: Books to Die for. This October has been a frighteningly busy month for the University of Utah’s Rare Books Department as we prepared for our spookiest event of the year, “BOO!ks to Die For,”...

May 03, 2021 Book of the Week — Incantations by Mayan Women

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She of great writing, she of the glyphs INCANTATIONS BY MAYAN WOMEN / FATHERMOTHERS OF THE BOOK AMBAR PAST WITH XUN OKOTZ AND XPETRA ERNÁNDES Ámbar Past Chiapas, Mexico: Taller Leñateros, 2005 2nd edition PM4466 Z95 E533 2005 Incantations by Mayan Women is the first book Mayan people have created, written,...