A synthesizer the size of an entire room from the dawn of the age of computing lives at Columbia University's Prentice Hall. Why has it been preserved all of these years and why was it even constructed, given the great expense and the fact that

The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta: Western Manuscript 107

Dec 13th, 2019 25m 55s

It is a small book-sized manuscript, like one you would find on your shelf. On both ends, there are two wooden boards that are covered in leather. And you can kind of see along the edge of the spine where all of the different choirs or gatherin

The Tibetan Buddhist Thangka Painting from the C.V. Starr East Asian Library

Dec 13th, 2019 16m 22s

Columbia’s resident Thangka is about three feet tall, and maybe two feet across. But the painting itself actually only makes up about 1/3 the area of the entire piece. Surrounding the painting is a beautiful cotton frame that flows with gold si

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Dec 10th, 2019 1m 11s

Introducing Material Culture, a podcast from Columbia University Library that explores objects from our libraries, rare book and manuscript collections, and archives. Taking objects as our primary sources, we ask: What can our cultural artifact

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