Jewish American Heritage Month
Posted by: Nathan Dorn
This post discusses three notable Jewish American lawyers in celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month.
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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 …
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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 …
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