Credits

The Author Joins Other Laborers in the Castle of Work (detail). La Voie de Povreté ou de Richesse (Le Livre du Chastel de Labour). Free Library of Philadelphia, Widener 1

Sponsors
Leaves of Gold has been organized by the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It is supported by generous grants from the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative, a program funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, and administered by The University of the Arts, Philadelphia; and from The William Penn Foundation. Initial funding was provided by generous individuals.

Organizers
Leaves of Gold was conceived and is organized by James Tanis, Director Emeritus of the Libraries and Professor Emeritus of History at Bryn Mawr College. Katherine C. Luber, Associate Curator for the John G. Johnson Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is curatorial liaison for the project. Jennifer Thompson, an independent scholar, is research associate for the project.

About PACSCL
The Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries consists of twenty-one members, including the nation's oldest lending library, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1738, as well as libraries affiliated with some of the nation's most prestigious colleges, universities, and museums. PACSCL member libraries hold rich collections of materials on United States and world history; the natural and social sciences; literature and religion; business and industry; and art and architecture.

The special collections of Philadelphia libraries include more than 500 bound illuminated manuscripts and approximately 2,000 leaves and cuttings removed from dismembered or plundered manuscripts. The works in this exhibition are taken from those holdings and display the broad extent of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in Philadelphia area institutions. The books, leaves, and cuttings included in this exhibition were selected primarily on the basis of artistic quality, but also by type (religious and secular), place of origin (countries of Western Europe), and date (1150–1560). The manuscripts were selected from the collections of nine members of PACSCL and two other area institutions. (See Exhibition Partners)

CD Rom
Written by James Tanis, Jennifer Thompson, and Laura Blanchard
Produced by Night Kitchen Media

Website
Designed and developed by Malcolm J. McAtee for the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Version 2 redesigned and expanded by Laura Blanchard, PACSCL