{"id":12306,"date":"2021-02-24T11:19:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T16:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/?p=12306"},"modified":"2021-09-23T16:37:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T20:37:49","slug":"european-medieval-manuscript-leaves-varieties-of-script-and-content-from-the-jim-sims-collection-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2021\/02\/24\/european-medieval-manuscript-leaves-varieties-of-script-and-content-from-the-jim-sims-collection-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEuropean Medieval Manuscript Leaves: Varieties of Script and Content from the Jim Sims Collection\u201d Now Open!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/02\/WelbyExhibit_PrintSignage2_FINAL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12235\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/02\/WelbyExhibit_PrintSignage2_FINAL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/02\/WelbyExhibit_PrintSignage2_FINAL.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/02\/WelbyExhibit_PrintSignage2_FINAL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/files\/2021\/02\/WelbyExhibit_PrintSignage2_FINAL-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This physical and online exhibit looks at the progression of medieval handwriting primarily in liturgical books, lay prayer books and Bibles. While not all types of medieval handwriting are in the exhibit, scripts such as Carolingian, Gothic, and Humanist among others are featured. The exhibit was curated by Casey Welby, Classical Languages and History Major &#8217;21 as part of her Honors Project and as a student humanities fellowship at the Gail and Francis Slattery Center for the Humanities. Welby worked with Special Collections Librarian Prof. Michael Knies, Digital Services Librarian Prof. Colleen Farry, with the support of Digital Services Web Developer Jennifer Galas. The Heritage Room will be hosting the physical exhibit of the\u00a0<span class=\"markydcycbg7j\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Sims<\/span>\u00a0medieval manuscript leaf collection from February 8 through May 21. However, due to COVID restrictions, the campus is closed to the general public. The online version of the exhibit can be viewed here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.scranton.edu\/s\/sims-exhibit\/page\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">digitalprojects.scranton.edu\/s\/<span class=\"markydcycbg7j\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">sims<\/span>-exhibit<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information please contact Special Collections Librarian Michael Knies at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">michael.knies@scranton.edu<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This physical and online exhibit looks at the progression of medieval handwriting primarily in liturgical books, lay prayer books and Bibles. While not all types of medieval handwriting are in the exhibit, scripts such as Carolingian, Gothic, and Humanist among others are featured. The exhibit was curated by Casey Welby, Classical Languages and History Major [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[119,876,321,463],"class_list":["post-12306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-collections-2","category-news","tag-digital-collections","tag-exhibits","tag-medieval-manuscripts","tag-special-collections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12310,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12306\/revisions\/12310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}