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Harvard Divinity School Library Selections from Harvard Divinity School's Special Collections

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A finger pointing to the detail of the map of Asia in the shape of a winged horse showing the horse's head labeled ASIA MINOR and its open mouth and tongue approaching Constantinople.

Open, two-page map of the continent of Asia conceptualized within the shape of a flying horse. Place names are in Latin.

HDS Library Staff Picks! This month, Nell was excited to share a recent discovery from the stacks. It is a 16th century figurative map depicting the continent of Asia as a winged horse.
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6 book covers are displayed on a wooden table. The books are laying on top of one another and the full titles are obscured.

To honor Pride Month, we wanted to show off a small selection of books from our general collections that focus on the LGBTQ+ community! These books (and many more) are available from our library for browsing or checkout.

To learn more about this discovery, check out our Tumblr post!

The first page of a serial from The Christian Reformer published in Boston, September, 1849. Below the title it states that the Christian Reformer is published once a month at Fifty Cents a Year, in advance.

The Christian Reformer serial is laid open on a table.

A collection of 5 serials from The Christian Reformer splayed out on a table.

A pamphlet with the title, "The Christian Reformer and Workingmen's Advocate: Devoted to The Intellectual Moral and Physical Improvement of Man, and to the Promulgation of the Religion of Reason and Harmony." The pamphlet is dated February, 1850.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! This abolitionist serial (from The Christian Reformer) was recently discovered in the stacks during an inventory and barcoding project and published by a Boston area author named Charles Stearns.

The cover of Katie’s Canon: Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community. The illustration is an abstract, multicolored, human figure with an arm raised.

Katie Cannon instructs a class behind a lectern while Preston Williams sits in the background. They are both laughing.

As Women’s History Month wraps up, we honor Katie Cannon, former WSRP fellow at HDS and pioneering American theologian. Author of "Katie’s Canon", she explored the intersections of race, gender, and Black liberation ethics. Included is a photo of Cannon with Preston Williams during her time at HDS.

Close up of illustration depicting a human eye encircled by a twisted banner with text "Je langer je lieber."

Open book with engraved illustration on left page depicting a human eye encircled by a twisted banner with text "Je langer je lieber"; the page on the right depicts a garden of flowers behind a tall cross to which a heart is nailed with numerous bees across the scene. The title of the book is engraved at the top with text "Seraphinish Blumen-Gartlein." Below the title is an oval ink ownership stamp of Harvard Divinity School Library.

Close up of illustrated title page depicting a garden of flowers behind a tall cross to which a heart is nailed with numerous bees across the scene. The title of the book is engraved at the top with text "Seraphinish Blumen-Gartlein." Below the title is an oval ink ownership stamp of Harvard Divinity School Library.

The illustrations for this 1700 collection of writings by Christian mystic, Jacob Böhme, do not disappoint. In addition to the striking, full page eye, we have an otherworldly garden with flowers, a heart nailed to a cross, and a swarm of bees. A #MysticMonday.

To learn more about Ghanda DiFiglia and the contents of this collection, visit the finding aid.

A group of teenagers playing baseball.

New collection! The HDS Library has processed the research materials of Ghanda DiFiglia, featuring notes on Martha & Waitstill Sharp & the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. On this first day of spring, take a glimpse into summer with this delightful photo of a youth camp playing baseball!

A stack of library books on a table.

Today is International Women's Day! In honor of this day, we wanted to showcase some publications from the Women’s Studies in Religion Program (WSRP) at HDS. These selections include both current and past research associates. Visit the library to explore these titles and many more from the WSRP!

A row of books on a shelf displaying spines. The books are in the BT call number range.

To honor Black History Month, HDS Library is highlighting books from our Black theology collection! These books can be found in our general collections on our ground floor. This is just one small part of our Black theology collection; stop by to browse or check out a few titles. #library #shelfie

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Cover of pamphlet with printed title "An address delivered before the senior class in Divinity College, Cambridge. Sunday evening, 15 July, 1838. Ralph Waldo Emerson" with manuscript inscription in upper right, "George P. Bradford- R.W.E."

There might be no better way to kick things off than with a copy of the theologically controversial (for its time) Divinity School Address by Ralph Waldo Emerson! This copy was initialed by R.W.E himself.

A bookshelf in the Harvard Divinity School Library.

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