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The Creation of the Sun and the Moon (detail) from the Historical Bible, about 1360 –70, Master of Jean de Mandeville (French, active 1350–70). Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment.
The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages at Getty
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The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor, 1415 Prayers for the Morning Services of Rosh Hashana
Rothschild Vienna Mahzor 15th Century Hebrew Prayerbook Sold for $6.4m
Sotheby’s in New York has sold the rare Rothschild Vienna Mahzor Hebrew prayerbook for $6.4 million.
A section of the errata slip for James Joyce’s Ulysses
Printing Errors Celebrated in Upcoming Yale Library Exhibition
The first British edition of James Joyce’s Ulysses and the 'Wicked Bible' will be among the hundreds of printed mistakes and errata lists on view in a new exhibition opening at 
Louis Palander in polar outfit photographed at his arrival in Japan.
Groundbreaking Vega Expedition Polar Archive to Auction
The private archive of explorer Captain Louis Palander af Vega will go under the hammer next month at Stockholms Auktionsverk.
Children running at Santa Ana Pueblo, one of the high-resolution images provided at the request of the Pueblo of Santa Ana, one of the tribal nations who partnered with the library as part of the Mellon-funded planning grant.
New Newberry Library $4m Grant Will Expand Access to Indigenous Studies Collections
The Newberry Library has received a $4m grant from the Mellon Foundation which will fund a five-year project aiming to transform how Indigenous histories are

Lot 29: Letter of credence appointing Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Silas Deane commissioners to the court of France to negotiate a treaty of alliance, September 30, 1776, sold for $563,200

Founding Fathers Manuscripts Lead Freeman’s Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction
The top lot of Freeman's' latest auction was a manuscript document signed by
Elizabeth Salt's autograph album signed by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr plus Harrison's snapped guitar string
Autograph Book With Beatles and 1960s Singers Sold for £7,000
An album featuring the Rolling Stones, Beatles, and George Harrison's broken guitar string has been sold at  Richard Winterton Auctioneers for
Illustrated Book of the Dead (detail), 305–30 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, gold, and paper.
Complete and Gilded Book of the Dead Goes on View for First Time
The Brooklyn Museum has unveiled a rare 21ft complete and gilded Book of the Dead, the finest surviving example of its kind.
Jack Kerouac, On the Road (New York: Signet, 1958)
Jack Kerouac's Origins Explored In New Grolier Exhibition
Running Through Heaven: Visions of Jack Kerouac will explore the writer’s personal life from childhood to his death through more than 60 items from the collection of
Part of the first page of the manuscript for A Long Fatal Love Chase
Unpublished Louisa May Alcott Letters and Manuscript Acquired by Concord Free Public Library
An archive of Louisa May Alcott material acquired by the