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The Nekcsei-Lipócz Bible, a 14th-Century Illuminated Manuscript from Hungary
(The following is a post by Kenneth Nyirady, Reference Specialist for Hungary, in the Library’s European Division.) The Library of Congress possesses more than 1,500 editions of the Bible in over 150...
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Waymarks of Benefits in the Library of Congress Collections
(The following is a post by Muhannad Salhi, Arab World Specialist, African and Middle Eastern Division.) Images of Mecca and Medina. “Dalā‘il al-Khayrāt wa-Shawāriq al-Anwār fī Dhikr al-Ṣalāt ‘alà...
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A Newly Acquired Tibetan Kanjur: The Dragon Tripitaka
(The following is a post by Susan Meinheit, Reference Specialist for Tibet, Asian Division) A very attractive task it is to pursue the gradual growth of the Kanjur and Tanjur through the course of many...
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333: A Film on the Manuscripts of Timbuktu
(The following is a post by Marieta Harper, Area Specialist, African Section, African and Middle Eastern Division.) “Risalah ila al-Qaba’il al-Mutaqatilin” (Letter to the Warring Tribes). Alternative...
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The 22nd Vardanants Day Armenian Lecture Series features “New Topics in...
(The following is a post by Levon Avdoyan, Area Specialist for Armenia and Georgia, Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division.) I first heard the rumblings early in 2017: “The Smithsonian...
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Happy 500th Anniversary, Old San Juan! Acquisitions about Puerto Rico at the...
Puerto Rico is celebrating the 500th anniversary of the founding of Old San Juan, the oldest city in the United States, and we could not be more excited to share two recent acquisitions by the Latin...
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Dante’s (Re)Birth at the Library of Congress
The following is a post by Lucia Wolf, Reference Librarian and Italian Specialist, European Reading Room, Latin American, Caribbean and European Division. Born in Florence between May 21 and June 20,...
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A short story about Potosi—the largest South American silver mine—in the...
This is a two-part blog post by Pamela Padilla, 2022 Summer participant in the Library of Congress Internship (LOCI) program with the Hispanic Reading Room, and a Library Science and History graduate...
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Discovering Worlds Old and New with Medieval French
This is a guest post by Alec Bennett, Intern, Latin American, Caribbean & European Division (LAC&E) In the fall of 2017, I embarked on a linguistic adventure. At nineteen years old, I enrolled...
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