Early Books and Manuscripts

The Beinecke Library is one of the most significant sources for history in North America and contains a rich collection of materials from the classical world to the Renaissance.

Anders Winroth Brings Kuttner Institute Library to Yale
September 27, 2013

Two weeks ago, Professor Anders Winroth, Forst Family Professor of History, brought the Library of the Stephan Kuttner Institute of Canon Law back to Yale...
Yale Lectures in Medieval Studies
September 26, 2013

This year’s Yale Lectures in Medieval Studies brings several scholars to campus who work on issues of scribal transmission and other aspects of the...
Voynich Manuscript Inspires New Music
February 28, 2013

As part of the Beinecke’s Fiftieth Anniversary celebration, young composers in Yale’s School of Music used Beinecke manuscripts as inspiration to...
Papal Abdication in the Thirteenth Century: Celestine V
February 27, 2013

The Beinecke Library has a beautifully illuminated fourteenth-century copy of the Vaticinia de summis pontificibus , a text that purports to foretell future...
Editing Middle English Texts with Tony Edwards
February 13, 2013

Professor Anthony Edwards, University of Kent, will be leading a master class in editing Middle English manuscripts. The class will take place May 13-17, 2013...
Recent Acquisition: English Pocket Bible (13th century)
February 10, 2013
An English pocket Bible in Latin arrived this past fall in the Beinecke's collections. The Bible shows many signs of use, including numerous marginal notes and it contains a separate book to aid the reader, the Interpretation of Hebrew Names, a detail of which is shown here.