Danielle Pettiti, an undergraduate in Professor Elizabeth Moodey’s spring 2016 Art of the Book class, describes the way illuminated manuscripts were created in the medieval period. Pettiti notes that her favorite part of the class was “decoding” her…

Rebekah Smith, an undergraduate in Professor Elizabeth Moodey’s spring 2016 Art of the Book class, discusses the role of memory as envisioned in medieval texts and contemporary artists’ books. Smith tells us why she selected each object, what they…

Sharon Si, an undergraduate in Professor Elizabeth Moodey’s spring 2016 Art of the Book class, presents on her curation of this music exhibit. As a musician, Si was particularly interested in the way our understanding of music has evolved since the…

Daniel Weitz, an undergraduate in Professor Elizabeth Moodey’s spring 2016 Art of the Book class, was inspired by an artist’s book to learn more about medieval and modern medicine. Daniel made a video of the book Open Heart Surgery opening and…

Mary Helen Johns, an undergraduate in Professor Elizabeth Moodey’s spring 2016 Art of the Book class, speaks here about how her interest in the relationship between art history and literary theory and how that drew her to the topic of art and text.…

Daniel Weitz, an undergraduate in Professor Elizabeth Moodey’s spring 2016 Art of the Book class, was inspired by an artist’s book to learn more about medieval and modern medicine. Daniel made a video of the book Open Heart Surgery opening and…

Sharon Si, an undergraduate in Professor Elizabeth Moodey’s spring 2016 Art of the Book class, presents on her curation of this music exhibit. As a musician, Si was particularly interested in the way our understanding of music has evolved since the…

Rebekah Smith, an undergraduate in Professor Elizabeth Moodey’s spring 2016 Art of the Book class, discusses the role of memory as envisioned in medieval texts and contemporary artists’ books. Smith tells us why she selected each object, what they…

Danielle Pettiti, an undergraduate in Professor Elizabeth Moodey’s spring 2016 Art of the Book class, describes the way illuminated manuscripts were created in the medieval period. Pettiti notes that her favorite part of the class was “decoding” her…

An image from the book Miracles de Nostre Dame, digitized by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, where the book is currently held.