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Out of the Vault for Reunion Weekend
By Henry Handley
As part of the University Libraries Reunion Weekend open house, the Marian Library will welcome visitors from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 8. Rare books on display include recent acquisitions and gifts as well as student favorites. UD graduates from the classes of 1974 and 1984 can find books printed 500 years earlier in Europe (1474 and 1484).
While on the seventh floor, visitors can:
- Experience the Mary in Catholic Education exhibit and add their reflections on what Mary in Catholic education means to them on an iPad in the exhibit space.
- Take a look at the Saint John’s Bible in a handmade oak case made by Brother M. Gary Marcinowski, S.M.
- View a selection of Marian postage stamps from around the world donated by Thurman Mattingly Jr. ’62.
- Browse a selection of Nativity scenes on display year-round, along with the “Mirror of Hope” sculpture in the Crèche Museum.
An additional display in the first-floor lobby — Making an Impression — highlights more student-selected rare books from the Marian Library.
— Henry Handley is an assistant professor and collections librarian in the Marian Library.
A page from an early printed book of Marian theology attributed to Albert the Great and printed in Basel, Switzerland, ca. 1474.
A page from an early printed book of Marian theology attributed to Albert the Great and printed in Basel, Switzerland, ca. 1474.
This oak case, made by Brother M. Gary Marcinowski, S.M., for the "Saint John’s Bible," is flanked by windows providing light to the reading room and views of downtown Dayton.
This oak case, made by Brother M. Gary Marcinowski, S.M., for the "Saint John’s Bible," is flanked by windows providing light to the reading room and views of downtown Dayton.
This illuminated miniature of Pentecost can be found on display during the open house in a Book of Hours that was a gift from Stuart and Mimi Rose.
This illuminated miniature of Pentecost can be found on display during the open house in a Book of Hours that was a gift from Stuart and Mimi Rose.
The Marian Library Gallery will be open for all to see the current exhibit, "Mary in Catholic Education."