{"id":2983,"date":"2016-10-31T13:58:57","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T18:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2016-10-31T13:58:57","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T18:58:57","slug":"power-facsimiles-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.lib.ua.edu\/blogs\/coolathoole\/2016\/10\/31\/power-facsimiles-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Facsimiles, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Facsimiles — exact copies\u00a0— of\u00a0historical documents provide a way to\u00a0access details of the original without having to actually possess it.<\/p>\n

Some are of printed items for which certain versions are now rare, or for which the original publishing context — from material details to accompanying images — is often lost. Here, the interest may be in comparing these early versions to later or plainer representations.<\/p>\n

Others\u00a0are of\u00a0unique handwritten manuscripts such as drafts of works that were later published. There, the interest is often in the author’s writing and revising process.<\/p>\n

In this three-part series, we explore some of the facsimiles held by the Division of Special Collections.\u00a0Part 1 takes a look at literary facsimiles at Hoole Library.<\/p>\n

Dante Alighieri, 14th c.<\/h2>\n

Il Codice trivulziano 1080 della Divina commedia, <\/em>Rare Books Collection Oversize Z1152.D2.T7<\/p>\n