Introduction
The Book Studies
Community at the University of Iowa consists of a
diverse interdisciplinary mix of faculty, staff, and
students, with interests in all facets of book
production, distribution, and use.
Pennyroyal
Caxton Bible
Barry
Moser, book designer and illustrator
Selected Articles about
the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible
New York Times article on
the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible (5-26-99)
The University of Iowa
Libraries' Press Release (8-5-99)
Famed illustrator Barry Moser
brings history-making Bible project to the University
of Iowa Community
Selected Illustrations from
the Pennyroyal Caxton Bible
Jonah and the Whale
Dry Bones
The Nativity
A
Design for the
Bible
Its type will be
modeled on a 16th-century form, its paper specially
made . . .
November 12, 1999: Barry
Moser to Speak
Ida Beam Distinguished
Visiting
Professor
Co-Sponsored by the UI
Libraries and the UI Center for the Book
November 12, 1999, 8 p.m. Shambaugh Auditorium, Main
Library
Special
Collections Exhibit
Barry Moser, book designer and illustrator
Special
Collections
Selected Texts and
Illustrations on Display (3rd Floor, Main Library)
In the beginning :
creation stories from around the world
The strange case of Dr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde
Casey at the bat
Telling time with Big Mama
Cat
Letter Press
Printing in the Type Kitchen
Examples of Student Works
Center
for the Book
Examples of Student Works
Molly and Karla
Freeman: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a
Blackbird by Wallace Stevens
Jocelyn Webb: Seep: Five
Stories by Peter Orner
Paper
Making
Timothy
Barrett and the art and science of papermaking.
The
Book Art of Calligraphy
Cheryl Jacobsen:
wedding invitation
Glen Epstein: Flowers of
Parnassus
University
Libraries
The University
of Iowa Libraries is the
largest library system in Iowa and has the 17th-largest
holdings among the nation's public research universities.
The University's Main Library, its 11 branch libraries,
and the Law Library contain more than 3 million volumes.
About two-thirds of this collection resides in the Main
Library.
Libraries'
Special Collections
The University of Iowa's rare
books, manuscripts, and historically valuable archives
are housed in the Libraries'
Department of Special
Collections. Some
highlights for this virtual tour are: Iowa Author's
Collection, Oral History Project, Iowa Women's
Archives.
Guild of Book
Workers Library
The Guild
of Book Workers Library is housed in the Special
Collections Department of the University of Iowa's Main
Library and holds over 700 volumes which concentrate on
the arts of the book. Focusing on hand bookbinding
techniques, the collection also contains volumes on the
history of bookbinding and bookbinders, papermaking,
paper decoration techniques, calligraphy, printing, and
book conservation.
The Scholarly
Digital Resources Center
The Scholarly Digital Resources
Center at the University of Iowa Libraries was
established to foster the creation and use of digitized
collections and resources of interest to the University
of Iowa community.
Information
Arcade
The Information
Arcade was established in 1992. The Arcade is an
advanced facility for using electronic information and
multimedia for teaching, research, and independent
learning.
Exhibit
Committee
This exhibition was prepared by Timothy Barrett, Lissa
Lord, David Schoonover, Rijn Templeton, and Carlette
Washington-Hoagland, with assistance from Cynthea Mosier,
Gary Frost, and Suzanne Micheau.
