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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

The 2013 election of officers for the Guild of Book Workers Board of Directors will be held in June. Nominations are being accepted for the following positions: VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER MEMBERSHIP CHAIR JOURNAL EDITOR LIBRARIAN The current Vice-President will be

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Nuns’ Book Production in Fifteenth and Sixteenth-Century Italy

Dissertation-in-progress by Melissa Moreton PhD Candidate, Department of History, University of Iowa My research concerns the role religious women played in the production of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, as scribes, illuminators and early printers. It is commonly understood that much

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Notes from a visit to Relma

Last year my husband and I had the amazing opportunity to spend a few months living just outside of Paris, France. We took in many incredible sights, and one of the most beautiful to my bookbinding eyes was our walk

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