The Scriptorium Collection The Special Collections and Archives Gallery presents

The Scriptorium Collection
A History of the Written Word

Detail from the La S. Biblia

May to September 2007
Exhibit is in
Room 220
David O. McKay Library
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Rexburg, Idaho



Meet the Exhibit Organizer
illumination design Before Printing illumination design
detail of ancient papyrus
Ancient World		 detail of illunimated letter
Medieval & Renaissance World
wood cut of 16th century print shop Early Printing
detail from a Gutenburg Bible facimile
German Books		 detail from an original King James Bible
King James Bible		 detail from an 1846 American Bible
A Selection of Bibles
moveable type and printer's key
Tools of Printing		 detail from King James Bible
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