The New York Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers and The New York Academy of Medicine are pleased to host the following lecture:
The Art and Science of Healing: A Curator's Dream on Tuesday, December 12th from 6pm to 8pm at The New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10029 Lecture Description Last February the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Library hosted a major exhibition, The Art and Science of Healing: From Antiquity to the Renaissance: http://exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/art-science-healing/revolution2.php The exhibit explored various themes such as the role of religion and magic in healing the soul and body, the influence of Greco-Roman methods of diagnosis and treatment in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and the multilingual transmission of medical knowledge in both manuscript and printed form. This talk will be a behind-the-scenes look at the different stages of a multidisciplinary adventure that culminated with the publication of an exhibit catalog. Registration The lecture is free, but advance registration is requested: https://nyam.secure.force.com/default/CnP_PaaS_EVT__ExternalRegistrationPage?event_id=a2g41000000qNW1AAM About the Speaker Dr. Pablo Alvarez is Outreach Librarian and Curator at the Special Collections Library, University of Michigan. He is responsible for the curation and promotion of the early book collections, including medieval manuscripts and early printed books up to 1700. Presently, he is preparing for publication the edition and English translation of a seventeenth-century printers manual: Institucion, y origen del arte de la imprenta, y reglas generales para los componedores (Madrid: 1680) by the Spanish typesetter Alonso Víctor de Paredes. SCOTT W. DEVINE Head of Preservation Gladys Brooks Book and Paper Conservation Laboratory 212.822.7365 The New York Academy of Medicine LIBRARY 1216 Fifth Avenue | New York, NY 10029 NYAM.org ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
