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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
Speaker: Dr. Hazel Wilkinson (University of Birmingham)
Contact: Carrie Lingscheit
E-Mail: carriel@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar: Rare Book & Manuscript Library Events; This event will highlight the collaborative project involving Emblematica (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), a digital library of emblem books, and Compositor (University of Birmingham), a database of printers’ ornaments. Both databases use digital technologies to explore the early modern text-image interface, investigating how historical readers engaged with visual motifs. Dr. Hazel Wilkinson hypothesizes that “emblem-literacy” caused readers 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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