The Movement of Books: Video Loop

Video loop on display as part of The Movement of Books exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. The Movement of Books will be on display in the Goldstein Gallery, Van Pelt Library, from August 30 through December 13, 2024.
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Books are from the collection of the Kislak Center unless labeled otherwise.
Video is by Dot Porter unless labeled otherwise.
Edited by Chris Lippa.
00:00
Book of hours, use of Rome
Italy, after 1450
Ms. Codex 2136
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01:30
Choir psalter gatherings
Spain, 16th century
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02:52
Taittirīyāraṇyakabhāṣya
India, ca. 1700-1850
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03:50
Manipulus florum peritorum.
England or France, between 1300 and 1325
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05:17
Orthodox liturgical roll fragments
Berat, Albania?, between 1040 and 1099
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06:03
Sallust's works on the history of Rome
Padua?, Italy, between 1455 and 1465?
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06:55
Thai Manuscript
1800s?
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07:59
World and church history
Italy, after 1471
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09:12
Horoscope Roll
1770
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10:17
Megilat Ester
Tunisia?, 1800? - 1850?
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11:29
Megilat Ester
North Africa, 1650?-1799?
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12:11
Notated breviary
Cologne, 1450?
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Stop-motion by Chris Lippa, SCETI
12:33
Decretales a[b]breviate.
France, between 1250 and 1299
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13:25
Treatises on mathematics, judicial astrology, and palmistry
Florence, after 1689
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14:24
Prayer book and processional
Germany, 1450?
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14:41
De philosophia naturali
Mainz?, Germany, between 1485 and 1499
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15:23
Sefer Tehilim and Seder tefilot (bound together) [upside down! Will be replaced soon]
Amsterdam, 1713
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16:38
De arte cabalistica
Germany?, between 1600 and 1699
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17:30
Dominican prayer book
Bamberg?, Germany, between 1455 and 1475, 16--?
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17:57
Astronomical treatises and tables
Germany, circa 1481
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20:35
Illuminated missal
Italy, between 1456 and 1482
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21:35
Chant book
15th century
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22:11
Trail: paper poetry, by David Pelham
New York : Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2007.
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23:18
ABC--3D, by Marion Bataille.
New York : Published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership 2008.
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24:22
Gulliver in Brobdingnag, 1960-1969
Original Story by Jonathan Swift
Illustrated by Vojtěch Kubašta
Bancroft & Co.
London, England
Copy from the Collection of Ellen Rubin
Video by Ellen Rubin
25:21
Yes, please ; and, No, no, never : a Jacob's ladder, by Emily Martin
[Iowa City, Iowa] : Naughty Dog Press, 1998.
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Video by Kimberly Tully and Harland Harris, Temple University Libraries
26:00
Tunnel book depicting a promenade on the Champs-Élysées
Place not identified : publisher not identified, not before 1836
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Video by Chris Lippa, SCETI

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