"Flower of Death" from The War Paintings of Claggett Wilson (1928)[/caption]
Testament of War includes books, posters, artifacts, and manuscripts from ZSR Library’s Special Collections & Archives.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="461"]The exhibit is on view in the Special Collections & Archives reading room (ZSR 625) and is open to the public 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Mondays – Fridays throughout the fall semester.
Evening and weekend hours are available by appointment. Class visits and guided tours are also available. Please contact archives@wfu.edu or call 336-758-6175 for more information.
[post_title] => Testaments of War: World War I in Literature, Art, and Memoir [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => testaments-of-war-world-war-i-in-literature-art-and-memoir [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2019-01-04 14:22:10 [post_modified_gmt] => 2019-01-04 19:22:10 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=16086 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [10] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 14401 [post_author] => 10 [post_date] => 2017-01-29 14:45:21 [post_date_gmt] => 2017-01-29 19:45:21 [post_content] =>Craig Fansler is Preservation Librarian in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University, a position that he’s held for 22 years. Craig repairs books, encapsulates photographs and documents, and constructs archival boxes and enclosures for the ZSR Library at Wake Forest University. He also designs print materials for ZSR Library and manages the library exhibits. . He teaches book repair workshops regularly across North Carolina In 2013, Craig accepted a donation to the library of a letterpress print shop from a local individual and has been using the press to print bookmarks and poetry broadsides. He teaches book repair workshops regularly across North Carolina.
[post_title] => Caring For Our Collections: A Day in the Life of a Preservation Librarian [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => caring-for-our-collections-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-preservation-librarian [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2017-08-08 09:09:07 [post_modified_gmt] => 2017-08-08 13:09:07 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=14401 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [11] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 9211 [post_author] => 10 [post_date] => 2015-11-17 11:36:55 [post_date_gmt] => 2015-11-17 16:36:55 [post_content] =>Gothic Novel--the term conjures up images of haunted castles, family curses, vampires, ghosts, and damsels in distress. From the mid-18th through the 19th century gothic literature had many variations and was widely parodied and disparaged, but it never lost its hold on the public imagination. And it spawned an array of popular 20th century genres, from science fiction, mysteries, and horror to sparkly vampire romances.
Deep into that Darkness Peering: Gothic Literature from the ZSR Rare Books Collection traces the history of this enduringly popular literary form from its beginnings through the end of the 19th century. First editions of The Castle of Otranto, Mysteries of Udolpho, Frankenstein, Wieland, The Raven and Other Poems, Dracula, and many other classics of gothic lit are on view in the Special Collections & Archives Reading Room (ZSR 625).
The exhibit will run through March 2, 2017. Open hours are 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday, and evening or weekend hours by appointment. We welcome classes and group visits; please contact archives@wfu.edu for more information.
[post_title] => Deep Into that Darkness Peering: Gothic Literature from the ZSR Rare Books Collection [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => deep-into-that-darkness-peering-gothic-literature-from-special-collections-archives [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2020-01-16 08:19:48 [post_modified_gmt] => 2020-01-16 13:19:48 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=9211 [menu_order] => 2 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [12] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 11692 [post_author] => 6 [post_date] => 2016-05-18 10:11:37 [post_date_gmt] => 2016-05-18 14:11:37 [post_content] =>Works by artists from Winston-Salem's Piedmont Craftsmen group will be on exhibit in August and September 2016.
This exhibit, hosted by Special Collections & Archives, will highlight the hand-bound book alongside craft inspired by literature. Each unique piece, whether ceramic, glass, fiber or jewelry, will feature an aspect related to book arts. Many of the works on display were made specifically for this show and created by some of the finest craftsmen in the country.
[post_title] => Piedmont Craftsmen Presents: Bound in Craft [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => piedmont-craftsmen-artists-works [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2016-10-25 13:46:17 [post_modified_gmt] => 2016-10-25 17:46:17 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=11692 [menu_order] => 1 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [13] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 8226 [post_author] => 10 [post_date] => 2015-05-25 16:14:50 [post_date_gmt] => 2015-05-25 20:14:50 [post_content] =>The passion for book collecting is nearly as old as the written word. It would be difficult to think of an author, topic, or genre that has not been avidly collected by someone at some time. Libraries are often the ultimate beneficiaries of book collectors’ efforts, and Wake Forest’s Special Collections are no exception. Our holdings have been enriched and expanded through the efforts of many the book enthusiasts whose collections we have acquired.
Special Collections & Archives’ spring 2016 exhibit, Books and Bibliophiles at Wake Forest, celebrates these collectors and their books. The exhibit showcases the wide variety of materials collected and tells the stories of some of our bibliophile benefactors, from Charles Babcock to Jan Hensley.
ZSR Special Collections will also sponsor programs during the spring semester on the history of book collecting and a how-to session for aspiring collectors.
For more information, please contact Special Collections & Archives.
[post_title] => Books and Bibliophiles at Wake Forest [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => books-and-bibliophiles-at-wake-forest [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2016-08-11 16:09:50 [post_modified_gmt] => 2016-08-11 20:09:50 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=8226 [menu_order] => 2 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [14] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 9726 [post_author] => 10 [post_date] => 2016-01-27 15:55:21 [post_date_gmt] => 2016-01-27 20:55:21 [post_content] => [post_title] => African-American Poetry Pamphlets [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => african-american-poetry-pamphlets [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2016-08-11 16:09:11 [post_modified_gmt] => 2016-08-11 20:09:11 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=9726 [menu_order] => 1 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [15] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 4985 [post_author] => 10 [post_date] => 2015-01-25 09:19:18 [post_date_gmt] => 2015-01-25 14:19:18 [post_content] =>Edgar D. Christman joined the Wake Forest community in 1947, when he enrolled at a college that he had never seen. Christman remained with Wake Forest from then on, leaving only to earn masters degrees from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and Union Theological Seminary. In his chaplaincy, spanning from 1969 to 2003, Christman was renown for serving all students and performing in various campus productions as well as at freshman orientation, where he delivered an annual "What’s in a Name" speech and later portrayed Samuel Wait for incoming freshmen. This exhibit, using images and items donated by the Christman family and created by Ed, will celebrate his legacy and the fruits of his labor at Mother So Dear.
[post_title] => What's In A Name?: The Legacy of Ed Christman [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => whats-in-a-name-the-legacy-of-ed-christman [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2016-04-12 14:07:03 [post_modified_gmt] => 2016-04-12 18:07:03 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4985 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [16] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 7262 [post_author] => 10 [post_date] => 2015-07-29 16:24:38 [post_date_gmt] => 2015-07-29 20:24:38 [post_content] =>"Bags of America" is a large, handmade, artist’s book containing a suite of twelve drawings of cereal bag liners. Professor Hallberg created it as an extension of a series of smaller drawings of the same subject and in response to John James Audubon’s “Birds of America” and the heft of his double-elephant folio work. Although “Bags of America” shares Audubon’s interest in careful observation, its subject, the detritus of our everyday lives, has a beauty of its own, but will also remind visitors of the impact of the consumer-celebrity culture in which we all participate.
Special Collections & Archives, Z. Smith Reynolds Library is hosting "Bags of America" in the Research Room (Room 625, ZSR) from August 17-September 30. A public reception will be held September 2 from 4-5:30.
[post_title] => Bags of America [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => bags-of-america [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2015-12-03 13:48:33 [post_modified_gmt] => 2015-12-03 18:48:33 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=7262 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [17] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 6656 [post_author] => 10 [post_date] => 2015-02-25 09:19:06 [post_date_gmt] => 2015-02-25 14:19:06 [post_content] =>In celebration of the 150th anniversary of William Butler Yeats's birth, our Spring 2015 exhibit features materials from our extensive Yeats collection. The exhibit traces Yeats's multifaceted career and his involvement with the design and illustration of his books.
[post_title] => W.B. Yeats and His Books [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => w-b-yeats-and-his-books [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2015-09-14 15:30:40 [post_modified_gmt] => 2015-09-14 19:30:40 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4988 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [18] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 4665 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2014-08-01 11:20:40 [post_date_gmt] => 2014-08-01 15:20:40 [post_content] =>Special Collections & Archives is honored to host a selection of photography from University Photographer Ken Bennett. The exhibit will be up in the Special Collections & Archives Research Room (ZSR 625) through December 31st.
The photographs in this exhibit all have a common theme: they include the Z. Smith Reynolds library in some way, either as the subject, the location, or the background. On one level, I make these photographs simply as part of my job as the university staff photographer. But it goes beyond that on a personal level: the ZSR library inspires me in the way that few other places do. Rising above the campus, the cupola is a recognizable symbol of Wake Forest, visible from many locations in Winston-Salem, and it makes an excellent subject as well as a background for portraits. The interior spaces of the library, bustling with student activity, are a wonderful place to find those small, intimate moments that make candid people photography so compelling. The ZSR library is a primary center of academic and student life on campus, and as such is the first place I go looking for new photographs, or when I want inspiration. I’m now in my eighteenth year of documenting life at Wake Forest, which provides a unique long-term perspective and the opportunity to go back to the same places many times for new photographs. One of my first successful images here was of the cupola at dusk, shot in 1997, and over the years I have been fortunate to explore changes in the library itself, as well as the students and other members of the community who inhabit it.
Please drop in Monday–Friday, 9–5 to take a look at this stunning exhibit. Please read more about the two events planned for the exhibit.
[post_title] => Worth a Thousand Words: Ken Bennett's Photographs of ZSR [post_excerpt] => Special Collections & Archives is honored to host a selection of photography from University Photographer Ken Bennett. [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => worth-a-thousand-words [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2015-07-01 15:09:06 [post_modified_gmt] => 2015-07-01 19:09:06 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4665 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [19] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 4666 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2014-05-06 13:47:35 [post_date_gmt] => 2014-05-06 17:47:35 [post_content] =>Special Collections and Archives is honored to recognize the Class of 2014 with a new exhibit "Dream Big: Commencement at Wake Forest University Through the Years." Commencement is the culmination of years of academic work, when Wake Forest graduates are recognized and introduced to the wider world. "Dream Big" is a visually dynamic exhibit featuring images of past Wake Forest commencements, in addition to 19th and 20th century invitations, and programs. All are welcome to come see the archival materials on display as we get ready to send another class of Demon Deacons out into the world.
[post_title] => Dream Big: Commencement at Wake Forest University Through the Years [post_excerpt] => "Dream Big" is a visually dynamic exhibit featuring images of past Wake Forest commencements, in addition to 19th and 20th century invitations, and programs. [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => dream-big [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2014-05-06 13:47:35 [post_modified_gmt] => 2014-05-06 17:47:35 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4666 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [20] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 4667 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2014-02-01 16:19:41 [post_date_gmt] => 2014-02-01 21:19:41 [post_content] =>The invention of a practical method for printing with moveable type was a watershed event in European history. From Johannes Gutenberg's first metal types in the mid-15th century to letterpress printing of today, printers and type designers have practiced their craft to create texts that are both legible and beautiful.
Letters in Lead, the current exhibit in the ZSR Library Special Collections and Archives Reading Room (room 625), features examples of type and other materials of printing. The ZSR Preservation Lab houses a small 1906 job press and a large supply of type font. Examples of type and other equipment from the ZSR Press are included in the exhibit.
The exhibit also features volumes from the ZSR Rare Books Collection, tracing the development of printing and book design from pre-Gutenberg manuscripts to 20th century illustrated books.
[post_title] => Letters in Lead: Moveable Type and the Books It Created [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => letters-in-lead [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2015-06-10 13:26:07 [post_modified_gmt] => 2015-06-10 17:26:07 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4667 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [21] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 4683 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2013-10-21 11:00:41 [post_date_gmt] => 2013-10-21 15:00:41 [post_content] =>It is Archives Week in North Carolina! This year's theme, Home Grown! A Celebration of NC Food Culture and History, provides a wonderful opportunity for institutions across the state to highlight materials in their archives as well as create local connections. Here at ZSR, our student Brittany put up a small exhibit in the entrance-way that contains some archival materials. It also has brochures, posters, and other materials from food-related campus initiatives.
[post_title] => North Carolina Archives Week 2013 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => north-carolina-archives-week-2013 [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2015-06-10 13:28:52 [post_modified_gmt] => 2015-06-10 17:28:52 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4683 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [22] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 6655 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2013-10-01 12:00:57 [post_date_gmt] => 2013-10-01 16:00:57 [post_content] => [post_title] => Hawthorne Hill Treasures: Objects from the Wake Forest Medical Historical Archives [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => hawthorne-hill-treasures-objects-from-the-wake-forest-medical-historical-archives [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2015-06-10 13:26:37 [post_modified_gmt] => 2015-06-10 17:26:37 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4684 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [23] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 4685 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2013-08-01 12:00:56 [post_date_gmt] => 2013-08-01 16:00:56 [post_content] => [post_title] => Books in Fiction: Deborah Harkness and Charlie Lovett [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => books-in-fiction-deborah-harkness-and-charlie-lovett [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2013-08-01 12:00:56 [post_modified_gmt] => 2013-08-01 16:00:56 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4685 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [24] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 4686 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2012-11-27 15:34:03 [post_date_gmt] => 2012-11-27 20:34:03 [post_content] =>Special Collections is happy to announce a new exhibit in the small case in the atrium. The exhibit highlights the Samuel and Sally Wait Collection and shows examples of their letters from Wait. It also includes Samuel’s walking stick and reading glasses.
[post_title] => Samuel and Sally Wait [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => samuel-and-sally-wait [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2012-11-27 15:34:03 [post_modified_gmt] => 2012-11-27 20:34:03 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4686 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [25] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 4687 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2012-08-01 12:00:40 [post_date_gmt] => 2012-08-01 16:00:40 [post_content] =>This exhibit features Greek and Latin classics in English translations from the 14th through 20th centuries, including translations by Geoffrey Chaucer, George Sandys, John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Alexander Pope, Ezra Pound, Allen Mandelbaum, and many others. The books themselves, all from the ZSR Rare Books Collection and published from the 16th through 20th centuries, are as varied as the texts they convey. From large, lavishly illustrated folios to cheaply bound schoolbooks, the different physical manifestations attest to the diverse readership of classical translations.
[post_title] => Faithully English'd: Classical Literature in Translation [post_excerpt] => This exhibit features Greek and Latin classics in English translations from the 14th through 20th centuries, including translations by Geoffrey Chaucer, George Sandys, John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Alexander Pope, Ezra Pound, Allen Mandelbaum, and many others. [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => faithully-englishd-classical-literature-in-translation [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2012-08-01 12:00:40 [post_modified_gmt] => 2012-08-01 16:00:40 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4687 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [26] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 4688 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2012-03-22 12:00:00 [post_date_gmt] => 2012-03-22 16:00:00 [post_content] =>In conjunction with the Words Awake celebration of Wake Forest writers, the spring exhibit in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections & Archives features six Wake Forest authors whose papers reside in the archives and manuscripts collections.
Laurence Stallings, Harold Hayes, John Charles McNeill, W.J. Cash, and Gerald Johnson received their undergraduate degrees from Wake Forest. Maya Angelou was awarded an honorary doctorate and is a member of the WFU faculty. Each collection is a fascinating record of the author’s life and career.
A writer’s published works are the end products of a long process of thinking, researching, drafting, and editing. The material on view in Writers’ Lives illustrates this process. In one letter Harold Hayes tries to interest Gerald Johnson in writing an article for Esquire on the hypothetical result of the South winning the Civil War. In another Laurence Stallings describes the trials and tribulations of rehearsing a Broadway musical with his collaborator Oscar Hammerstein. W.J. Cash’s typewriter sits next to his annotated typescript of The Mind of the South. John Charles McNeill’s college notebook contains manuscript versions of poems published in Wake Forest’s Student magazine. An early draft of Maya Angelou’s screen adaptation of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is handwritten on notebook paper.
All of the archival materials in these collections were donated to ZSR Library by the authors themselves or by their family members and friends. Special Collections & Archives now makes them available to researchers all over the world.
[post_title] => Writers' Lives From the Archives [post_excerpt] => In conjunction with the Words Awake celebration of Wake Forest writers, the spring exhibit in the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections & Archives features six Wake Forest authors whose papers reside in the archives and manuscripts collections. [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => writers-lives-from-the-archives [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2012-03-22 12:00:00 [post_modified_gmt] => 2012-03-22 16:00:00 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4688 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [27] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 4689 [post_author] => 24 [post_date] => 2011-09-01 12:00:10 [post_date_gmt] => 2011-09-01 16:00:10 [post_content] =>The title of this exhibit, God's Sacred Word Amongst Us, comes from the dedication of the of the English translation of Christian scriptures that came to be known as the King James Bible. 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible's first publication, and in commemoration of this event the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections has mounted an exhibit of 30 historic Bibles.
The exhibit includes a 1611 first edition folio King James Bible. Other Bibles and historical documents from the English Reformation are also featured. These include a 1599 edition (probably pirated) of the Geneva Bible, the popular Calvinist-influenced translation that James I hated and that he hoped would be replaced by his newly commissioned version; a 1582 first edition of the Catholic Douay-Rheims New Testament; and a 1612 second edition King James Bible.
Another section of the exhibit features some of the first Bibles printed in North America. Highlights include a 1685 second edition of John Eliot's Algonquin Bible, published in Cambridge, Massachusetts and translated into the language of the surrounding native peoples. The 1663 first edition of Eliot's Bible was the first Bible printed in the western hemisphere. Also on view is a 1782 first edition of Philadelphia printer Robert Aitken's Bible, the first English-language Bible to be published in America. Often called the "Bible of the Revolution," its publication was commissioned by the newly formed Congress when the embargo of English goods cut off the supply of Bibles from London.
From Gutenberg onwards, printed Bibles have inspired artistic and technological innovation, and the final section of the exhibit features examples of this. Artist Hans Holbein's Images of the Old Testament is an important work in the history of biblical illustration (also featured on the Special Collections website as August's Rare Book of the Month). Examples of Renaissance printer/scholar Robert Estienne's Latin psalter and Greek New Testament display advancements in typeface design and in scholarly editing inspired by the Reformation. John Baskerville's 1763 folio Bible, Owen Jones's 1862 chromolithographed Victoria Psalter, and the beautiful Dove's Press Bible printed in the first decade of the 20th century all represent milestones in book design.
[post_title] => God’s Sacred Word Amongst Us: Historic Bibles from the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Rare Books Collection [post_excerpt] => The title of this exhibit, God's Sacred Word Amongst Us, comes from the dedication of the of the English translation of Christian scriptures that came to be known as the King James Bible. 2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible's first publication, and in commemoration of this event the Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections & Archives has mounted an exhibit of 30 historic Bibles. [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => gods-sacred-word-amongst-us-historic-bibles-from-the-z-smith-reynolds-library-rare-books-collection [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2011-09-01 12:00:10 [post_modified_gmt] => 2011-09-01 16:00:10 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/?post_type=zsr_exhibit&p=4689 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => zsr_exhibit [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )) -->Learn more about this exhibit ›
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