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Decoding the Page: Emblems, Ornaments, and Early Modern Reading

Nov 12, 2026 3:00 - 5:00 pm

Main Library Room 346 — 1408 W. Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801

Lecture

Sponsor: The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Contact: Carrie Lingscheit
E-Mail: carriel@illinois.edu
Originating Calendar: Campus Humanities Calendar; Emblematica (Illinois) and Compositor (U. of Birmingham) are databases that use digital technologies to explore the early modern text-image interface. Join Dr. Hazel Wilkinson (Birmingham) to learn how historical readers used “emblem-literacy” to engage with ornamented books in ways previously unaccounted for in scholarship. This event is open to the public and all audiences are welcome! Refreshments will be served.

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