Seen here are a few inches of a map whose length stretches to nearly 11 feet: The Ribbon Map of the Father of the Waters, published in St. Louis in 1866.
The linen-mounted map unrolls from a wooden cylinder in a strip about 2 inches wide by 129…
An illumination of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary from the Terry Hours (ca. 1420). Special Collections has a small collection of illuminated manuscripts including ten Books of Hours from the 15th century, two Psalters, and a Missal. On permanent…