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Posted by: Donna Sokol
On Tuesday, May 21, 2019, Tihomir Stoytchev presented two copies of the commemorative reprint of Bulgaria’s Tarnovo Constitution to the Library of Congress.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Donna Sokol
In honor of World Teachers' Day, we bring you an interesting tie-in between education, the Library, and Congress.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Donna Sokol
Thomas Jefferson was an avid inventor of multiple ciphers used to encrypt confidential information.
Posted in: Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Donna Sokol
On this day 196 years ago, September 15, 1821, the Acta de Independencia de Centro América declared independence from Spain for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
The Law Library staged a mock appeal for the Shakespearean character, Shylock, from the play, The Merchant of Venice. A full re-cap of the mock trial (including video!) is forthcoming, but we wanted to quickly share with you a scene from …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
One of the privileges I have in taking photographs for In Custodia Legis is getting to see the Law Library’s rare book collection. For preservation’s sake, the rare books must be confined to a locked climate-controlled room, so it is always a treat when these items emerge from the vault. I have been snapping photos …
Posted in: Collections, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Donna Sokol
From the exhibition label: The Apostle’s Edition of the Saint John’s Bible. For the new millennium, Saint John’s University and Abbey in Minnesota commissioned an illuminated, handwritten Bible, the first of its kind since Gutenberg printed the Bible in 1454. This contemporary Bible is at once old and new: a masterpiece of the ancient crafts …
Posted in: Collections, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Donna Sokol
In Custodia Legis will be on break for the upcoming holidays – Thursday, December 25 and Friday, December 26 (a holiday by executive order). We will be back next week – except on Thursday, January 1 – with some end-of-the-year posts! Just last week, the Library of Congress set up its annual holiday …
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Posted by: Donna Sokol
If you are planning a trip to Washington, D.C., to see the Magna Carta exhibition, may I suggest another stop on your itinerary? You’ve heard the phrase “hidden gem,” but the object I am sharing with you today truly takes that term to a new level. It is a Magna Carta replica tucked into the …
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