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11. Bound in History – Never Judge a Book By Its Cover…Or Its Spine

    Following the invention of the printing press, bookbinders in the 15th to 18th centuries cut up and recycled earlier handwritten manuscripts from the Middle Ages.[i] Take, …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/09/05/bound-in-history-never-judge-a-book-by-its-coveror-its-spine

12. Apollo Transformed: exploring connections between the collections

    From cuneiform tablets to Renaissance and Baroque prints, thousands of gems are nestled in the University of Melbourne. Many of these historically charged yet often whimsical …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/09/04/apollo-transformed-exploring-connections-between-the-collections

13. Finding Dürer’s Perspective

    In the early 16th century Nuremberg-born artist Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) changed the landscape of his artistic practise – literally. Taking his cue from Leon Battista Alberti (1404 …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2017/08/13/finding-durers-perspective

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