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On Thursdays of late the library has posted photos of pets. Special Collections does its part with this dog, who lives in Tufts University MS 20, a psalter copied in Switzerland or SW Germany, c. 1450-1475.

In the news since 532 CE, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. Commissioned by the emperor Justinian, for nearly a thousand years it was the world's largest Christian cathedral. It was converted to a mosque in 1453, and turned into a museum in 1935. In 2020 it…

MS 21 fits the entire handwritten Bible, art, and textual apparatus into a book measuring approximately 8 x 5 inches. Eyeglasses and magnifiers existed in the Middle Ages.

The first question most people ask about Special Collections: "What is the oldest book Tufts has?" It is Manuscript 21, a Latin Bible copied in Paris some time between 1220-1240 CE. The text is written on vellum, made from calf skins. It features 80…

Welcome to "iPhone in the Vault: Inside Tisch Special Collections." Over the next month we will examine remarkable #tischrarebooks but let's start with what Special Collections really is about, people: seeing, discussing, doing research, and sharing…