Dr. Eric W. Gritsch
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2019 Book Talk on Fragments
Broken Books, Scattered Leaves:
A Curator’s Perspective on Manuscript Fragments
A presentation by Dr. Lynley Herbert
Dr. Herbert is the Robert and Nancy Hall Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts of the Walters Art Museum.
Her presentation was given at the George Peabody Library in Mt. Vernon Baltimore on Saturday June 15th, 2019.
This lecture addressed the challenges faced when working with book fragments single leaves, and demonstrated how it is sometimes possible to rediscover the intentions of their creators.
Dr Lynley Herbert Presents at the George Peabody Library
For centuries, collectors and booksellers have cut illuminated pages from bound books, and these dispersed leaves are often utilized today as teaching tools or displayed in exhibitions. Yet this fragmentation of books also poses challenges: each page represents only a piece of a complete object, and offers a unique mystery to be solved. Sometimes clues allow us to reconstruct what the original book may once have been. However, research may also reveal the leaf to be a modern forgery, more easily passed off as authentic through its lack of context.
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Baltimore, MD 21203-5064
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