In March I attended the Foxcroft lecture at the State Library of Victoria. The audio of the lecture is now available on the SLV website. They have also added a link to a video on making a medieval manuscript from the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University.
"All that mankind has done, thought or gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men."Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) - Heroes and Hero Worship
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves Anna Quindlen, The New York Times, August 7, 1991
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