Far too many months have passed since we refreshed this site. During the hiatus, there’ve been many interesting developments; in the next few posts, we hope to fill in some of the lacunae and bring this site more up-to-date. * First of all, the BASIRA team has grown: While Janet Seiz has taken leave to focus on her teaching career, Dr. Andrea Zietlow, book artist, … Continue reading Back from a Hiatus
When the South Atlantic Modern Language Association met in Durham, North Carolina on November 13-15, 2015, the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP) coordinated three sessions at the conference. Thanks to Paul Donnelly and Melissa Makala, the BASIRA Project was presented at the Friday poster session and on the Saturday evening program. (For the poster session, our examples from the database … Continue reading SHARP at SAMLA
We invite you to take a look at the public board “Books’n Art” on Pinterest. If you would like to become a BASIRA “scout” and post images of books in Renaissance art, please send us an email, and we’ll send you a Pinterest invitation. We welcome all suggestions for images that might be appropriate for the BASIRA database. Continue reading Book images on Pinterest
