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Nuova Pianta di Roma

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Nuova Pianta di Roma

The most important urban plan of the eighteenth century, Giambattista Nolli’s grand plan of Rome was the most accurate and detailed until the use of computer-aided surveying in the 1970’s. Our copy, the first state of the first (and only) edition, is part of the Map Library's collection and is currently on display in the Audubon Room in the MLibrary Gallery in Room 100.

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The Galileo Manuscript

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The Galileo Manuscript

The Michigan Galileo Manuscript, celebrating its 400th birthday, is on display through December 22 in the Audubon Room of the MLibrary Gallery in Room 100 of the Hatcher Library.  Here Galileo drafted a letter explaining the usefulness of the telescope, and later used it to analyze data and conclude that he had discovered the moons of Jupiter.

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Report of the Loss of a Donkey

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Report of the Loss of a Donkey

What can a lost donkey tell us about life in Ptolemaic Egypt? This 2250 year-old document from ancient Philadelphia sheds new light on the past and enables scholars to investigate the realities of a previous age.  This papyrus is part of the MLibrary's Papyrus Collection and is currently on display in the Audubon Room of the MLibrary's Gallery in Room 100.

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