James Ford Bell Gallery, Case Number One

We took a brief break to attend the Association of College and Research Libraries/Rare Books and Manuscript Section conference, and then the American Library Association Conference, both in New Orleans. We'll be in and out a bit during the month of July, but will continue to post about items on display in "The Best from Pen and Press."

Our earlier posts described items displayed in the Bell Gallery's first case. Now that we've completed those descriptions, we thought you'd like to see what the case looks like.

On the top shelf you'll see our scroll of the Book of Esther, one of five megillahs (Hebrew word for scroll) read during Purim.

On the bottom shelf you'll see our cuneiform cone, bulla, and tablet along with the papyri fragments, ostraca, and figurine.