Wilkes University Archives is excited to announce that thanks to Morgan Rich, a senior Communication Studies major with minors in Women’s and Gender Studies, English, and Dance, the Collection of Medieval Manuscripts, Early Prints, Religious and Historical Art scripture, 1175-1980, bulk 1175-1643, is now processed and digitized.
The Collection of Medieval Manuscripts, Early Prints, Religious and Historical Art scripture, 1175-1980, bulk 1175-1643, is an artificial collection compiled for ease of access, with provenance from multiple donors including Andrew J. Sordoni and Helen Farr Sloan.
The diversity of the donated materials include medieval illuminated manuscripts, early prints directly after the printing press was invented, and a wide range of artwork, dating from the 12th century to the 17th century, with the bulk of them created in the 15th century.
The blog post is co-written by Morgan and Jessica Van Orden, a Senior English Literature major, who is the Editor-in-chief of the Inkwell Quarterly publication on campus.
The blog post focuses on illuminated manuscripts and early prints from Series I of the collection. We welcome you to take yourselves on a journey of the written and printed word, learning about their early forms and how they evolved through each time period and discovering how they came to aid literacy development from the Medieval Period through the Renaissance. Access to the collection’s finding aid with digitized materials can be found on our Archivesspace catalog as well as a hyperlink at the beginning of the blog post.
Finding aid with digitized materials can be found here: https://archivepublic.wilkes.edu/repositories/2/resources/106
The blog post can be found here: https://wuarchives.home.blog/2023/12/01/the-journey-of-the-written-and-printed-word-processing-the-collection-of-medieval-manuscripts-early-prints-religious-and-historical-art-scripture-1175-1980-bulk-1175-1643/