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Presentation of the 80th Facsimile from the College of Valencia to the New York Public Library

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (pronounced [tʰɛˈaːtrʊm ˈɔrbɪs tɛˈrːaːrʊm], "Theatre of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas. Written by Abraham Ortelius and originally printed on May 20, 1570, in Antwerp,[2] it consisted of a…

Photograph of Otto F. Ege, art historian, book collector, and dealer known for selling leaves of Medieval manuscripts and early printed books to libraries, museums, and private collectors.

The colophon indicates that the work was copied in 1502 by Hynricus Beyer (Heinrich Beyer) in the monastery of the Glorious Virgin Mary of Huysburg (Huesborch)

Portrait by an unknown painter of Scottish printer William Stahan, publisher of William Johnsons's Dictionary of the English Language (London, 1755).

Massimo Mion

This 6-minute animated film “Sorry I Drowned”, created by the Beirut-based Studio Kawakeb and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), is inspired by a letter allegedly found on the body of someone who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea due to the prevailing…

This 6-minute animated film “Sorry I Drowned”, created by the Beirut-based Studio Kawakeb and Doctors Without Borders (MSF), is inspired by a letter allegedly found on the body of someone who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea due to the prevailing…