Pic of the Week: The Hamburg Municipal Code of 1497
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
The Pic of the Week shows illustrations from the Hamburgisches Stradtrecht von 1497.
Posted in: Collections, Global Law, Pic of the Week
Archive: 2017 (9 Posts)
Parliamentary Protests Filed in the House of Lords from 1641 TO 1799: Acquisition of a Rare Resource Related to American Independence
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Through the generosity of the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress, the Law Library recently acquired two manuscript volumes of an extraordinarily rare collection of parliamentary protests lodged by Members of the House of Lords during the period from 1641-1799. The Law Library maintains a collection of historic English and early American manuscripts. …
Posted in: Collections, Law Library
An Interview with Dasha Kolyaskina, Junior Fellow at the Law Library of Congress
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
Today’s interview is with Dasha Kolyaskina. Dasha is a Junior Fellow in the Collection Services Division at the Law Library of Congress. Describe your background. I was born in Kazan, Russia. I moved to Lexington, Kentucky with my parents when I was four, but I grew up speaking Russian and English at home. I went …
Posted in: Interview, Law Library
Bamberg Criminal Code of 1507 – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
On Monday, I had the pleasure of assembling a display of rare books for guests attending the 2017 Burton Awards ceremony held at the Library of Congress. Created by Williams C. Burton, the awards acknowledge, celebrate, and reward outstanding achievements in the legal field, including for legal writing, regulatory reform and public service. The display …
Posted in: Collections, Event, Pic of the Week
Jewish American Heritage Month
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
This post discusses three notable Jewish American lawyers in celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month.
Posted in: In the News, Jewish American History, Law Library
The Treaty That Saved Plymouth Colony
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
A commemoration of the 396th anniversary of the conclusion of a treaty between the English settlers of New Plymouth Colony and the Wampanoag people.
Posted in: Ask A Librarian, Law Library, Native Americans
The First Mention of the Jewish Ghetto of Venice in English – Pic of the Week
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
The first English language publication to mention the Jewish Ghetto of Venice was a travelogue that appeared in 1611 under the unlikely title Crudities. Below is an image of that edition’s title page: The central text on the page reads: “Coryats Crudities: hastily gobled up in five moneths trauells in France, Sauoy, Italy, Rhetia com[m]only called …
Posted in: Event, Pic of the Week
An Interview with Dr. Ilya Dines, Contract Manuscripts Specialist
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
This week’s interview is with Dr. Ilya Dines who is working at the Law Library for several months as a contractor describing the medieval and early modern manuscripts in the Law Library’s Rare Books Collection. Describe your background. I was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia. My parents, like many parents of that time, …
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Fabriano Paper in Library of Congress Collections
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
This post was jointly written by Nathan Dorn and Sylvia Albro. In this post, we catch up with Library of Congress employee Sylvia Albro, who is a senior paper conservator in the Library’s Conservation Division. Last fall, Sylvia published a book that presents research she has been conducting on books and manuscripts in various parts …
Posted in: Law Library