Rare Book School

A graphic showing an open book in the upper half, of the title page and frontispiece of a book by Sappho with a minimalist line illustration of two nude women and some hills and plants. Below this is a close-up of a poem in Greek, with the lacunae indicated through impressions on the paper. Text in white on black reads, “Book & prospectus of Sappho: Fragmenta Nova. Edited by Denys Page; printed by Wesley B. Tanner; paper made by Kathryn Clark; frontispiece by Cheryl Miller. Berkeley, CA & Brookstone, IN: The Arif Press and Twinrocker Paper Mill, 1981. RBS 7655. Gift of Claire Vanolieb.”

A graphic with a black background shows two pages from a 16th-century printed book. One page has a woodblock illustration of a woman holding a crucifiix with Jesus on it in one hand, and the Bible in the other, with a block of text above this image. The other page has two columns of text in Italian. Modern text in white reads, “Dialogo d[e] la seraphica uergine sancta Catharina da Siena. Venice: Cesare Arrivabene, 1517. Object ID: 22542.”

A graphic with a black background shows the front and back covers of a square-shaped book with colored paper and pen illustrating two dolphins playing in the waves on the front, and a boat and oil lamp at sea on the back cover. An open spread has line illustrations of waves and marine life surrounding a poem titled, “El Mar.” Text in white reads, “Mayra Sablón, Compás de Fantasía. Illustrated by Adrián Milián Suárez. Matanzas, Cuba: Ediciones Vigía, 2018. RBS 9238.”

For #InternationalWomensDay and #WomensHistoryMonth, we present three books featuring works by women across the centuries: the Greek poet, Sappho (ca. 6th c. BCE); the Italian saint, Catherine of Sienna (1347–80 CE); and the Cuban children’s book writer, Mayra Sablón Rodríguez (b. 1960).

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A paperback front cover for Gwendolyn Brooks’s book, 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵. The background is black with the title in bold red capitals inside a rough-edged white circle. Below this circle is the author’s name, and at the bottom of the cover is white text reading “Broadside Press $1.00.” Image from Gwendolyn Brooks. 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵. 2nd printing. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970. RBS 9061. “Gwendolyn Brooks’s first book with Broadside Press was the chapbook 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵, which she wrote in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Detroit’s Broadside Press [was] founded and managed by the poet Dudley Randall. According to him, Brooks donated the book to Broadside, and all proceeds went directly to the press. Priced at $1.00, the softbound format of the chapbook was much more affordable than a hard-cover book, and it was visually aligned with the Black Arts Movement and Chicago’s Southside community. The cover design was created by the Black artist Cledie Taylor, and the book includes a frontispiece reproduction of Jeff Donaldson’s painting, Allah Shango. A commanding photographic portrait of Brooks by Black photographer Roy Lewis graces the back of the chapbook.” Description above from Barbara Heritage and Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺 (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Legacy Press, 2022).

The back cover of Gwendolyn Brooks’s book, 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵. There is a large photo of the author, a Black woman with a short afro in a button-up shirt. Below this is a short book summary and publisher information. Image from Gwendolyn Brooks. 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵. 2nd printing. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970. RBS 9061. “Gwendolyn Brooks’s first book with Broadside Press was the chapbook 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵, which she wrote in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Detroit’s Broadside Press [was] founded and managed by the poet Dudley Randall. According to him, Brooks donated the book to Broadside, and all proceeds went directly to the press. Priced at $1.00, the softbound format of the chapbook was much more affordable than a hard-cover book, and it was visually aligned with the Black Arts Movement and Chicago’s Southside community. The cover design was created by the Black artist Cledie Taylor, and the book includes a frontispiece reproduction of Jeff Donaldson’s painting, Allah Shango. A commanding photographic portrait of Brooks by Black photographer Roy Lewis graces the back of the chapbook.” Description above from Barbara Heritage and Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺 (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Legacy Press, 2022).

Frontispiece illustration from Gwendolyn Brooks’s book, 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵, showing the painting “Allah Shango” by Jeff Donaldson, in which two Black boys stand reaching out toward the viewer, with the words “GLASS” and “SHEET” scattered at points in the painting. Image from Gwendolyn Brooks. 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵. 2nd printing. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970. RBS 9061. “Gwendolyn Brooks’s first book with Broadside Press was the chapbook 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵, which she wrote in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Detroit’s Broadside Press [was] founded and managed by the poet Dudley Randall. According to him, Brooks donated the book to Broadside, and all proceeds went directly to the press. Priced at $1.00, the softbound format of the chapbook was much more affordable than a hard-cover book, and it was visually aligned with the Black Arts Movement and Chicago’s Southside community. The cover design was created by the Black artist Cledie Taylor, and the book includes a frontispiece reproduction of Jeff Donaldson’s painting, Allah Shango. A commanding photographic portrait of Brooks by Black photographer Roy Lewis graces the back of the chapbook.” Description above from Barbara Heritage and Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺 (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Legacy Press, 2022).

Dedication for Gwendolyn Brooks’s book, 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵, reading, “For Dudley Randall, a giant in our time.” “Gwendolyn Brooks’s first book with Broadside Press was the chapbook 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵, which she wrote in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Detroit’s Broadside Press [was] founded and managed by the poet Dudley Randall. According to him, Brooks donated the book to Broadside, and all proceeds went directly to the press. Priced at $1.00, the softbound format of the chapbook was much more affordable than a hard-cover book, and it was visually aligned with the Black Arts Movement and Chicago’s Southside community. The cover design was created by the Black artist Cledie Taylor, and the book includes a frontispiece reproduction of Jeff Donaldson’s painting, Allah Shango. A commanding photographic portrait of Brooks by Black photographer Roy Lewis graces the back of the chapbook.” Description above from Barbara Heritage and Ruth-Ellen St. Onge, 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺 (Ann Arbor, Michigan: Legacy Press, 2022).

Gwendolyn Brooks. 𝘙𝘪𝘰𝘵. 2nd printing. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1970. RBS 9061. Written in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The chapbook will be on display at RBS later this year as part of Rare Book School’s upcoming exhibition, “Objects of Poetry.”

A graphic with a white and dark blue background shows a photo of two college students, one wearing a navy blue sweatshirt with “VIRGINIA” on it, looking at a large open book with metallic pages. Text on the graphic reads, “Attention UVA Students: You could take a Rare Book School course for free this summer! Rare Book School offers fellowships for UVA undergraduate & graduate students to attend an RBS course over the summer. RBS-UVA Fellows receive free tuition plus a $250 stipend. In addition, the program awards a $500 prize to the most distinguished project from each cohort. Fellowship applications are due by 9 March 2026. For details, visit: https://rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/rbs-uva/.” A QR code is above this link.

The deadline to apply for an RBS-UVA Fellowship is coming up on 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵!

𝗨𝗩𝗔 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 & 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 are eligible to apply for this fellowship, which provides free tuition for one of RBS's summer courses plus a $𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱.

rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/rbs-uva

Apply today!

A rectangular graphic with a white background and a blue-and-black border has bold red and black text in the middle that reads “National Read Across America Day, 2 March 2026”. Circling this text are eight cutout woodblock portraits of men and women from Rare Book School's 𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 (1493), each of whom is hold a book (two closed, the others open). The man in the upper left =holds a pair of glasses in one hand; a miniature lamb sits on top of the book of the woman in the lower left (St Agnes).

In celebration of #NationalReadAcrossAmericaDay, we hope you enjoy these avid readers from Rare Book School’s copy of the 𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 (1493; RBS Object ID 6734). 📖

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Don't forget that TOMORROW (Tuesday, 3 March) is the first-round deadline to apply for our new Harvard-based RBS course!

Join us in welcoming Rare Book School's SoFCB to Bluesky!

Here's a story about the SoFCB 2025 NYC Field School:
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And check out the SoFCB-sponsored Traditions of East Asian Typography conference at USC on 6 March:
rarebookschool.org/all-programs...

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Fantastic work from our amazing @newberrylibrary.bsky.social colleague Megan Kelly!

It's not clear what is wrong, as the quoted post is still up on our page: bsky.app/profile/rare...

Student-run bookstore adds new chapter to the Corner Nonprofit Ginkgo Bookshop on Elliewood Avenue gives new life to a decades-old business, Heartwood Books, that had planned to close.

“'It’s essential for us to have both popular books and rare books, because we cater to both customers, because we live in an academic town and the Rare Book School is here. There are professional book collectors and sellers and librarians here,' Fleisher said."

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A rectangular graphic has a white background bookended at top and bottom by horizonal black bars. A faint image of an illustrated title page of a book from 1688 fades into the background on the left side of the graphic. Text in white, red, and black lists some of the RBS courses available in summer 2026, directing viewers to “Apply Today! Details at rarebookschool.org/schedule."

Our first-round application deadline may have passed, but that doesn’t mean that it is too late to apply for one of our summer 2026 courses! Applications are still welcome and will be reviewed on a rolling basis until all available seats have filled. Apply today!

Rarebookschool.org/schedule

Many happy returns of the day!

Detail from a photo-facsimile reproduction of a Ming palace manuscript (probably 16th century) of the Qianjiashi anthology of Tang dynasty poems with polychrome illustrations. An illustration, which is surrounded by columns of Chinese characters, shows a pair of men in flowing robes on horseback wielding long-handled, bladed weapons as their horses circle each other. The background is composed of swirling golds, blues, reds, and greens, with a blue river edged with plants along the left side. Images from 明解增和千家詩註（存卷二）。宋謝枋得輯。1998年北京圖書館影印明内府彩繪插圖本。一册 Mingjie zenghe Qianjiashi zhu. Xie Fangde. Beijing: Beijing tushuguan, 1998. RBS9161. From the Guanhailou collection donated by Xia Wei and Soren Edgren.

Detail from a photo-facsimile reproduction of a Ming palace manuscript (probably 16th century) of the Qianjiashi anthology of Tang dynasty poems with polychrome illustrations. The illustration shows a stylized landscape of mountains and tree branches, with two men in the foreground. One of the men is on foot, with what may be a long, furled umbrella over his shoulder, from which hangs a green cloth bundle. The other man, dressed in blue robes, has a graying beard and is mounted on a white horse. Below this image are columns of Chinese characters. Images from 明解增和千家詩註（存卷二）。宋謝枋得輯。1998年北京圖書館影印明内府彩繪插圖本。一册 Mingjie zenghe Qianjiashi zhu. Xie Fangde. Beijing: Beijing tushuguan, 1998. RBS9161. From the Guanhailou collection donated by Xia Wei and Soren Edgren.

We searched our Guanhailou collection for some lunar new year inspiration, and Collections Assistant Brighton Lieu found these wonderful horses from a photo-facsimile reproduction of a Ming palace MS (probably 16th c.) of the Qianjiashi anthology of Tang dynasty poems with polychrome illustrations.

Photo of the cover of a children’s book. The title, 𝘔𝘳. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩’𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘱, is written in curving bold lettering at the upper right, while at the bottom a similar font reads, “By V. H. Drummond.” The cover is illustrated with a pen-sketch style illustration of a king riding in an open carriage driven by a coachman while he waves to crowds of smiling and cheering people. On his lap are two cats, and a red banner reading “Happy birthday” hangs from a building in the background. The image has broad, bold colors of yellow, army green, brown, and red.

A pen-and-ink illustration from 𝘔𝘳. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩’𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘱 showing a smiling king wearing a robe and crown surrounded by four small dogs and two cats. He is bending down to pat two of the dogs.

A page from 𝘔𝘳. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩’𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘱 with text sandwiched between two pen-and-ink drawings. The upper drawing shows a balding man holding out his jacket like wings as he prances around with a group of dancing dogs, rabbits, mice, birds, a monkey, and cats. The lower sketch shows six small fat dogs and cats sitting in a row. The second from the right dog holds a bone in its mouth.

A page from 𝘔𝘳. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩’𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘱 with text in its lower half and an illustration of a narrow three-storied house surrounded by trees fields, with a walled yard behind it. On the house’s exterior, capital lettering reads, “All Small Animals Welcome,” while a pennant flying from the point of the roof says, “Mr. Finch’s Pets Home.” A royal guard on a black horse is riding past in front of the house.

In celebration of #LoveYourPetDay, we offer some pages from 𝘔𝘳. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩’𝘴 𝘗𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘱 (London: Faber & Faber, 1953). RBS 9539.

This cheerful book was written & illustrated by the award-winning British author Violet Hilda Drummond & included by the National Book League in the 1954 Book Design Exhibition.

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Teaching @rarebookschool.bsky.social last year. This year, I'll be teaching Latin Paleography June 1-5. Can't wait to be back in Charlottesville!

A rectangular graphic shows images of an online catalog manifest for a medieval missal leaf at the Newberry Library at the top and a book bound in a medieval manuscript leaf with musical notation in the lower right. The lower left quadrant has white text on a black and red background that reads, “RBS Impact Story: Cataloging Medieval Manuscript Fragments in Chicago. Rare Book School has been integral to helping Chicago librarians Megan Kelly and Rebecca Flore make the medieval collections in their respective libraries more accessible to researchers.”

RBS has been integral to helping librarians Megan Kelly & Rebecca Flore make the medieval collections in their libraries more accessible to researchers.

Read about their efforts at rarebookschool.org/impact-story-cataloging-fragments-in-chicago

@lisafdavis.bsky.social @newberrylibrary.bsky.social

Running a rainbow roll on the @rarebookschool.bsky.social Vandercook press today.

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We’re excited to announce a new RBS course, 𝗛-𝟮𝟮𝟬: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀, taught by Peter Stallybrass and David Stern, 14–19 June at Harvard University!

The first-round application deadline (for this course only) is 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟯 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵. Details: rarebookschool.org/schedule

The first-round application deadline for our summer courses is TODAY!

A graphic with a white and dark blue background shows a photo of two college students, one wearing a navy blue sweatshirt with “VIRGINIA” on it, looking at a large open book with metallic pages. Text on the graphic reads, “Attention UVA Students: You could take a Rare Book School course for free this summer! Rare Book School offers fellowships for UVA undergraduate & graduate students to attend an RBS course over the summer. RBS-UVA Fellows receive free tuition plus a $250 stipend. In addition, the program awards a $500 prize to the most distinguished project from each cohort. Fellowship applications are due by 9 March 2026. For details, visit: https://rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/rbs-uva/.” A QR code is above this link.

𝗨𝗩𝗔 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱 & 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Take an RBS course 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 this summer!

RBS-UVA Fellows receive free tuition plus a $𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱. The program also awards a $𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 to the most distinguished project each year.

Fellowship apps due 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵

rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/rbs-uva

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The first-round deadline to apply for our summer courses is 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪, 𝟭𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆!

Applications received after this date will be reviewed on a rolling basis until all available seats have filled, but many classes will fill in the first round of decisions, so don’t wait!

rarebookschool.org/schedule

Meet me in Charlottesville the week of June 1 and let's do some Latin paleography! We'll cover literacy, attribution, and description from New Roman Cursive to Humanistic Bookhand. Apply by Feb. 17!

A vertically oriented rectangular graphic shows three thumbnail images across its upper third. Two of these are of medieval manuscripts, while the third depicts an illustrated 16th-century title page showing a man under a tree. Below this, white text on black reads, “Rare Book School 2026 Medieval & Early Modern Courses. First Round Application Deadline: 17 February.” The lower half of the graphic has a photo of someone’s hand pointing at a line in a medieval manuscript. At the bottom, white text on black reads, “rarebookschool.org/schedule.”

FYI, @lisafdavis.bsky.social, @adapalmer.bsky.social @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

A vertically oriented rectangular graphic shows three thumbnail images across its upper third. Two of these are of medieval manuscripts, while the third depicts an illustrated 16th-century title page showing a man under a tree. Below this, white text on black reads, “Rare Book School 2026 Medieval & Early Modern Courses. The middle and lower parts of the graphic contain red and black text on white, listing RBS courses. At the bottom, white text on the black bar reads “First-round deadline: 17 February | rarebookschool.org/schedule.”

Are you interested in learning new ways to study medieval manuscripts and early modern books? Check out some of RBS’s 2026 summer courses on these topics!

Apply by the first-round deadline of 17 February: rarebookschool.org/schedule/

#RareBooks #BookSky #MedievalSky

A graphic with a white and dark blue background shows a photo of two college students, one wearing a navy blue sweatshirt with “VIRGINIA” on it, looking at a large open book with metallic pages. Text on the graphic reads, “Attention UVA Students: You could take a Rare Book School course for free this summer! Rare Book School offers fellowships for UVA undergraduate & graduate students to attend an RBS course over the summer. RBS-UVA Fellows receive free tuition plus a $250 stipend. In addition, the program awards a $500 prize to the most distinguished project from each cohort. Fellowship applications are due by 9 March 2026. For details, visit: https://rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/rbs-uva/.” A QR code is above this link.

𝗨𝗩𝗔 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱 & 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Take an RBS course 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 this summer!

RBS-UVA Fellows receive free tuition plus a $𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱. The program also awards a $𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲 to the most distinguished project each year.

Fellowship apps due 𝟵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵

rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/rbs-uva

Photo of a smiling man in a red apron carefully placing a large sheet of paper onto a wooden hand press. From G-20: Printed Books to 1800: Description & Analysis, 2026 (Photo by Andrew Shurtleff). Text below the image reads, “FIRST-ROUND APPLICATION DEADLINE: 17 FEBRUARY. Rare Book School 2026. rarebookschool.org/schedule.”

Rare Book School is accepting applications for our summer 2026 courses—including new course offerings & partner locations in the U.S. and U.K.!

Details: rarebookschool.org/schedule

The first-round deadline is 𝟭𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆. Applications received after that date will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Photo of a smiling man in a red apron carefully placing a large sheet of paper onto a wooden hand press. From G-20: Printed Books to 1800: Description & Analysis, 2026 (Photo by Andrew Shurtleff). Text below the image reads, “FIRST-ROUND APPLICATION DEADLINE: 17 FEBRUARY. Rare Book School 2026. rarebookschool.org/schedule.”

Rare Book School is accepting applications for our summer 2026 courses—including new course offerings & partner locations in the U.S. and U.K.!

Details: rarebookschool.org/schedule

The first-round deadline is 𝟭𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆. Applications received after that date will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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"Scriptures and Liturgy in Inner Asia: A Symposium on Religious Books & Manuscripts" (2/27, hybrid) @harvarddivinity.bsky.social @rarebookschool.bsky.social

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