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a large wooden wheel holds multiple book shelves and rotates on a series of gears.
Society & Culture
February 18, 2019 | 03:49 pm

Turning the gears of an early modern search engine

A collaboration between librarians and engineering students, the book wheel in Rossell Hope Robbins Library is a recreation of a 16th-century design, solving the problem of needing access to multiple books at the same time.

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topics: Anna Siebach-Larsen, Department of English, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, featured-post-side, Gregory Heyworth, Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Koller-Collins Center for English Studies, Middle Ages, River Campus Libraries, Rossell Hope Robbins Library, School of Arts and Sciences,
detail from 15th century atlas
Society & Culture
April 13, 2018 | 01:01 pm

Going beyond medieval times to explore early worlds

The Early Worlds Initiative—an interdisciplinary research project at the University of Rochester—connects faculty researching social and cultural developments worldwide from medieval times to the early modern period.

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topics: Department of English, Department of History, Early Worlds Initiative, Eastman School of Music, featured-post-side, Humanities Center, interdisciplinary, Middle Ages, Rossell Hope Robbins Library, School of Arts and Sciences,