A highly recommendable website: Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Yale University), with the possibility to see online exhibitions and browse digital collections. One of the most curious and eye-catching works is the famous and bizarre "Cipher manuscript" ("Voynich manuscript").

https://beinecke.library.yale.edu

"Has Yale’s mysterious Voynich Manuscript finally been deciphered?" by Garry Shaw (The Art Newspaper, 2020).

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2020/06/18/has-yales-mysterious-voynich-manuscript-finally-been-deciphered

#VoynichManuscript #Yale #BeineckeLibrary #Book

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Langston Hughes manuscript for "American Heartbreak: 1619" as seen at beinecke.library.yale.edu #BeineckeLibrary #blackmastidon #blackhistorymonth #langstonhughes #poetry #1619project

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Delmore Schwartz' copy of Finnegans Wake, heavily annotated
MORE: https://bit.ly/2ZRRUjV

[via Beinecke on birdsite]

Had a fun time bopping around downtown New Haven for the first time in nearly 12 years, complete with a visit to the #BeineckeLibrary (the exhibit was on maps but included some unexpected materials. Yes that seems to be a working paper astrolabe).

#libraries #rarebooks

VOLVASSELS?

Thought I'd seen all the interactive iterations, but these crazy decorations on a navigational manuscript take the cake! #volvelles #tassels Very pretty, new digitization #BeineckeLibrary.

More here, including link to complete book: https://twitter.com/BeineckeLibrary/status/1591616422605688832