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	Jill Fankhauser's Class Hosts the UC Department of Archives and Rare Books ©David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Chemistry and Jill M. Fankhauser, M.M. Adjunct Assistant Professor of History University of Cincinnati Clermont College Batavia OH 45103
Islamic pattern in a leather-bound book	This page has been accessed times since 10 October 2003.	Decorative capital in a hand caligraphed Bible

These pictures were taken during a visit to Jill Fankhauser's History of Science class on 9 October 2003 by Kevin Grace of UC's Department of Archives and Rare Books. He brought samples from the University's collection to demonstrate the history of the book.

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Kevin Grace comes to discuss the history of books and show examples using rare books.	Byzantine from the Arabic-Fayum Coptic on Egyptian papyrus	Papyrus Fragments of ancient inscriptions Coptic from the Fayum	Papyrus XIX Dynasty from Thebes
CUNEIFORM TABLETS:

Babylonian cuneiform, available light gives more accurate picture of the fired clay piece.	Babylonian cuneiform, Flash shows more resolution	Babylonian cuneiform: These were supposedly used to keep track of inventory in a warehouse.	Babylonian cuneiform Same as at left but with flash.


Egyptian papyrus	Papyrus from the Fayum-Arabic Coptic. Note the crossed fibers from the preparation of the paper.	Kevin Grace demonstrating a text by Decartes	Kevin Grace and Jill Fankhauser show a fold out from a 1613 book about Galileo
ISLAMIC BOOKS:		DECARTES AND TREATISE ON GALILEO:

Islam teaches the west about book-making: decorated leather covers, gold leaf, illustrations.	Turkish miniature painting illustrating a book. These are often stolen and sold as art	Decartes' Epistolae, published in Amsterdam, 1682	Discourse about Galileo by M. Vincenzio, published in Florence, 1613
EARLY BIBLES:

Manuscript Bible, front page	Manuscript Bible, tiny caligraphy, hand drawn	Decorated capital letter, Manuscript Bible, tiny caligraphy, hand drawn.	A devil blows on the neck of a woman. Early moveable type with woodcut.