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Archive: May 2016 (2 Posts)

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Samuel Chase Manuscript Gets a New Look – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

In today’s Pic-of-the-Week post, we highlight recent work done by Katherine Kelly, a book conservator in the Book Conservation Section of the Conservation Division of the Library of Congress Preservation Directorate. Each year, the Law Library identifies items in its special collections that would benefit from conservation treatment. One of the items that the Law …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

The Consilia of Alessandro Nievo: On Jews and Usury in 15th Century Italy

Posted by: Nathan Dorn

In anticipation of the Library’s upcoming program, “La Città degli Ebrei/The City of the Jews: Segregated Space and the Admission of Strangers in the Jewish Ghetto of Venice,” – a conference held in collaboration with the Embassy of Italy and the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Maryland to …