Ohio State University Rare Books Collection
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Columbus, Ohio, on July 9-12 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.
Eric Johnson showed several items in the Rare Books Collection at Ohio State University. He explained how the Hornby Bible was broken up and… read more
Eric Johnson showed several items in the Rare Books Collection at Ohio State University. He explained how the Hornby Bible was broken up and how it shows a transition in the presentation of a Bible and he demonstrated the similarities of a Medieval bookmark to hypertext. He also displayed the works of Martin Luther.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Columbus, Ohio, on July 9-12 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close
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