The same book that inspired St. Francis in 1208 is expected to inspire thousands of others as the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore places it on public display for the first time in 40 years Feb. 1 through May 31.
Baltimore museum showcases medieval missal used by St. Francis of Assisi
HMML receives $1.4 million from National Endowment for the Humanities
The grant will fund a three-year project to catalog 53,000 digitized manuscripts and create an online database of authors and titles originating from under-represented or little-known literary traditions.
Library holds one of largest collections of Portuguese, Brazilian works
The Catholic University of America in Washington hosts one of the largest collections of Portuguese and Brazilian art and printed works in the world in its Oliveira Lima Library.