This exhibition marks the successful conclusion of the Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis project (2016–19), a collaborative initiative to digitize and describe nearly 500 European manuscripts across he Philadelphia region. The project was funded by a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources and coordinated by the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries.

For full digital facsimiles and descriptions of all manuscripts in the exhibition, please visit http://bibliophilly.library.upenn.edu/

To learn more about pre-Renaissance manuscript culture, please visit the complementary exhibition entitled Medieval Life on view from 16 March to 25 July 2020 at the Free Library of Philadelphia, Parkway Central Library. For hours and information, see https://www.freelibrary.org/

Exhibition Team
Curator: Dr. Nicholas Herman
Exhibition design: Andrea Gottschalk, Emily White, and Lynda Brody
Conservation and object preparation: Tessa Gadomski, Valeria Kremser, Elizabeth McDermott, and Sarah Reidell
Loan coordination: Abigail Lang
Curatorial assistant: Judith Weston

Lenders to the Exhibition
Bryn Mawr College Library, Special Collections Department
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Historical Medical Library
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department
La Salle University, Connelly Library, Department of Special Collections
Lehigh University Libraries, Special Collections
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Department of Prints and Drawings
The Rosenbach Museum & Library
Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Private Collection, Philadelphia

The curator wishes to thank all lending institutions and their staff for their generous support. Further acknowledgments are included in the exhibition catalogue.