This event is made possible by the General Activities Fund (GAF)
Explore the wonderful collection of rare books, manuscripts, zines, and artists’ books from Temple’s Special Collections Research Center. Each week, via Zoom, scholars from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture will open a different artifact from the collection, flip through its pages, and share the knowledge within. This virtual series is open to the public.
Wednesdays, 1:30—1:55 PM: January 22, February 5, February 19, February 26, March 12
A Look at a Book is a collaborative program between the Art History Department at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture and the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC), Temple University Libraries. Now in its fourth season, it is organized by Dr. Joseph Kopta, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Art History, and Kimberly Tully, Curator of Rare Books, SCRC.
View past episodes here.
Image: Qur‘an, written by scribe Dirish Muhammad ibn Musa, 1730 CE (Muharram 1143 AH), Ottoman Empire (likely present-day Republic of Türkiye), leather-bound illumination on paper (Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, SCRC 447, p. 2).