Reading the Bible, Preserving the Precious Text:
Latvian Peasant Metal-Clad Bindings

Lecture by Robert J. Milevski

2:00 p.m.
29 January 2012
Philadelphia Society of Free Letts
531 N. 7th Street (at Spring Garden)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

This talk outlines Latvian peasant and religious history and then concentrates on examining these unique bookbindings.Topics include: the importance of these religious books and who owned them; where these bindings were produced and who produced them; similar historical bindings that were exemplars for metal ornamentation; materials used and different design types; where these bindings are found now; and why they are important to book history.

Robert J. Milevski, now retired, was Preservation Librarian at Princeton University Library from 1991-2011.