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The Book of Hours WINTER 2016 | NEW SERIES, 20 NO. 2 20 NO. NEW SERIES, The Book of Hours Breathing new life into a daily guide to help the faithful lead pious lives and medieval gem find salvation. Over the centuries, McMaster’s Book of Hours had Five centuries ago, the Book of Hours that is now become badly damaged. Its pages, made of animal held by the William Ready Division of Archives and skin, or ‘vellum,’ had been exposed to moisture, Research Collections, was a cherished possession, forming waves and wrinkles, which caused the an integral part of daily life in the Middle Ages. pigment to crack and the artwork to begin to flake As the years passed however, this once treasured away. book succumbed to a slow decay, its spine Schell began the painstaking restoration process by disintegrating, the fine artwork that adorned its using a specialized humidity chamber and suction pages flaking away little by little, another piece of table that enabled her to gently stretch and flatten history nearly lost forever. each vellum page individually. Then, using a fine Without“ conservation, It took more than eight months, but thanks to brush, she applied a consolidant to re-adhere the the history in these modern restoration techniques and skilful artistry, flaking pigments, and hand-bound the pages, placing this medieval gem now looks as it did when its them in a leather cover. books could be lost; we original owner first held it 545 years ago. The result is a stunning, one-of-a-kind work of art need to preserve them “A book of hours is a piece of art,” says Audrie that now looks as vibrant as it did in the 15 century. for future generations. Schell, Preservation Technician in the Division of “We all need to have roots, whether we’re Archives and Research Collections who restored this conscious of it or not, and we need to know our unique text. “Books of hours were commissioned history,” says Schell. “Without conservation, the ” works, so this is a one-of-a-kind item, an historical history in these books could be lost; we need to artefact that belonged to a specific person over 500 preserve them for future generations.” years ago. It’s very special.” To view the Book of Hours, please contact Books of hours, commonly used throughout the [email protected] to make an appointment. Middle Ages, were devotional texts containing cycles of psalms, prayers, hymns, readings and View a digital copy of the Book of Hours at images of medieval Christianity that served as a bit.ly/bookhours | What “Sinful Sally” can teach us 3 | Donor Profile: Don Ivison 5 | Lloyd Reeds Maps Collection’s 50th 6 | Lyons New Media Turns 5 7 | Paying homage to a Message from the Canadian literary great University Librarian A handwritten letter penned by Alice Munro and housed in McMaster’s William Ready Division of Sometimes the simplest ideas are the Archives and Research Collections has provided the most transformative. Such is the case backdrop for a stamp recently issued by Canada Post with McMaster University Library’s new honouring the Nobel Prize-winning author. focus on community engagement. Munro is best known for her collections of short stories Libraries are inherently service-based including the classics “Lives of Girls and Women” and organizations so the concept of “The Moons of Jupiter.” supporting community should hardly be revolutionary. But the rendering here in The letter is part of a collection of correspondence MASTER LIBRARY NEWS the Library is fresh and the rewards are interesting research opportunities and c contained in the McMaster archives written by already becoming evident. signed agreements to allow staff from M Munro to Douglas Gibson, her publisher and editor at both organizations to spend time in the Macmillan Canada. Canada Post contacted McMaster President Deane first called the campus’ other. about incorporating the letter into the stamp design attention to community engagement in after discovering the letters on McMaster University his Forward with Integrity letter back in We are very excited about the digital Library’s website. September 2011. The letter encouraged storytelling project Love Your City: the University to refresh its commitment Share Your Stories currently underway McMaster is home to the archives of a number of to the public good—not with the Hamilton Public Canadian publishers including Macmillan Canada, as an add-on, but fully Library and the City of McClelland & Stewart, Key Porter Books, and Clarke integrated into everything Hamilton’s Tourism and Irwin. we do. Culture Division. The We’ve“ been project will gather and So it’s not surprising disseminate some of that, when the University reaching out Hamilton’s most compelling Library set its priorities beyond the stories. Those of you for the 2015-2020 living close to campus are period, a new focus on campus in a encouraged to visit the community engagement more determined lobby of Mills Memorial emerged as a clear way to the Library where several direction. What might be iBeacon transmitters have surprising to some is the broader Hamilton been set up to present the exuberance with which first set of Hamilton stories. we’ve approached the community. task. As you see in this edition of the McMaster Library During the last ” NEWS, there are lots several months, we’ve been reaching of other initiatives underway. We out beyond the campus in a more are thrilled to showcase some of our determined way to the broader Hamilton greatest treasures and to introduce community —to local writers, publishers, you to some wonderful scholars and bookstores and cultural organizations. collections. I look forward to keeping in touch about these and other library From the start, one very obvious partner projects. has been the Hamilton Public Library. Research libraries and public libraries are more similar than they are different. Although our collection strengths vary considerably, we share the same Vivian Lewis commitment to knowledge and access. University Librarian With that in mind, we’ve hosted a series of meetings, embarked on some Photo credit: Hamilton Public Library Local History and Archives What “Sinful Sally” can teach us about vice in the 18th century Visiting Fellow Jessica Steinberg used 18th century The texts include religious writings and sermons, magazines and literary texts housed in the McMaster Library to explore popular works by period authors like Daniel Dafoe as well as Hannah attitudes towards sin and vice in London 300 years ago. More who wrote the colourfully titled, “The gamester: to which is added, The story of sinful Sally, told by herself,” a tale that, according What can “Sinful Sally” teach us about moral attitudes in the 18th to Steinberg, reveals much about moral attitudes of the period. century? That’s what Jessica Steinberg came to the Library to find out. “Although sin specifically refers to a violation of God’s laws, it was Steinberg, who recently completed her PhD at the University of also seen to have an immediate impact on the sinner’s soul and on Ottawa, was this year’s recipient of the McMaster-ASECS Fellowship, the rest of society,” said Steinberg. “In the story of Sinful Sally, we a program that supports 18th century studies. see how an initial transgression leads to a life of sin, crime and ultimately Sally’s demise. Once someone committed a transgression, Steinberg pored over a diverse array of period texts in McMaster’s even a seemingly minor offense, like gaming or over drinking, social MASTER LIBRARY NEWS William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, looking critics and moralists believed they would inevitably commit more c for insights into how immorality and sin were defined transgressions until they were ultimately caught and M and controlled in 18th century London. punished.” In the story of “The question of morals and vice is among the most “ Steinberg, whose research at McMaster will help inform central questions of the 18th century,” said Steinberg. Sinful Sally, revisions to her dissertation and ultimately a journal article, “Religion is a really important part of life in this period, we see how an says these texts have helped provide her with additional it’s how people think about themselves, it’s how they initial transgression insights into the nature of Christianity, religious discourse look at themselves in relation to the world—what is leads to a life of and social order in 18th century England. acceptable conduct and what isn’t acceptable conduct. There’s a lot of moral policing around sexuality, sin, crime and Wade Wyckoff, Associate University Librarian, Collections, especially women’s sexuality, and there are huge ultimately says he’s pleased that through the McMaster-ASECS concerns that this is going to bring down the nation.” Sally’s demise. Fellowship, the collection is helping support scholarly research like Steinberg’s. Steinberg examined this question by looking at a number of period texts from the Division’s renowned “The collection contains an extensive array of texts and 18th century literature collection to see how religious language ” materials that shed light on many aspects of life in the associated with the seven deadly sins and the Ten Commandments 18th century,” says Wyckoff. “It’s very gratifying that as last year’s was used to frame ideas around what she calls, “moral failure.” McMaster-ASECS Fellow, Jessica was able to make use of these resources to further her work in advancing scholarly understanding of the some of the central social and religious issues of the period.” Jessica Steinberg, the most recent recipient of the McMaster-ASECS Fellowship. ‘ I promised him I’d come back and I have to keep my promise’ A recently donated archive of letters, photos and maps Ivison was a witness to many such tragedies of war, though he never belonging to McMaster alumnus, Major Stuart Ivison fired a shot in battle.
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