We invite you to visit our most recent addition to the Rare Books Virtual Lecture Series: What is a Book?, an exploration of the object we call the "book" that answers questions you never knew you had. What is a book? Where did it come...

"They who sow courtesy reap friendship, and they who plant kindness gather love." -- St Basil the Great Commentaries St. Gregory (325?- & St. Basil (329-379) 9th c. AH/15th c. CE This manuscript, written on polished laid paper, is an Arabic translation from a Greek or Coptic original of...

“This is the art of arts, the science of sciences. The valuable treasures of wisdom and knowledge, desired by all men, come out of the deep shadow of hiding, enriching and illuminating a world in the hands of evil. The unlimited power of books…now spreads...