Attention, nerdery. Our class went on a field trip to the SFU Special Collections Library this week (you best believe grad students go on field trips). Oodles of equally old and rare print editions, including one from Gutenberg himself. Leafing through pages from centuries past is a bit of a rush, at least for the literarily inclined. Usually there’s a “don’t pet the animals” set of regulations in such places, so we were all pretty giddy to be allowed to “touch stuff” (ok, mostly me). And now, the cell phone captures:
A leaf from the Gutenberg Bible, printed in the 1450s. First known book to be printed with the moveable type printing press. Make note.
Playing with moveable type.
Letter press. To my dismay, we weren’t actually allowed to play with this one.
Lucky #13.
Before heading back to school, stopped in at Bandidas with Hannah & Dani for some breakfast eats. On a separate note, I’ve been inspired to bake cornbread.
Dani and Meaghan very smiley about cornbread and letter press.
THE END.
-m
Hi Meaghan,
If you are so inclined to bake cornbread…Kathryn shared an amazing recipe with me for sweet potato cornbread. I love it! and I’m willing to share if you’re interested!
Love,
Marg
That would be awesome! Sounds delicious. Send me an email? xo