Part of the Tresure this Booke exhibit, open to the public through December 20
November 2024 – Drew University Special Collections’ current exhibit, Tresure this Booke: Marks of Adoration and Annotations, investigates the secrets kept within books and prompts viewers to question what they’ve left hidden in their personal book collections.
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Curated by Candace Reilly, manager of Special Collections and curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts, the exhibit was inspired by her daily interactions with the books within Drew’s Special Collections and the recent rediscoveries she’s made.
“I wanted to share the stories of those who wrote in their books, left secrets in the margins, declared their new and lost loves, and marked their books with curses and symbols. Most of the items in the exhibit have never been on display, so this is the first time the public has seen them,” she said.
One notable item in the exhibit is Drew’s copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle (Liber Chronicarum), printed in 1493. A treasure of Special Collections, the incunabulum is rarely on display.
The 15th-century book tells the history of the world through both text and hand-colored woodcuts. It currently opens to the edited page featuring Pope Joan, where her image and the accompanying text have been defaced.
Visitors are encouraged to see the exhibit before it closes on December 20, 2024.