Thursday, February 6, 2020
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Feb 6 • 6:30pm • FREE
“A Fairy Cathedral Full of Painted Windows” by Alexandra Alvis
Join us for a special lecture with Alexandra Alvis, Reference Librarian of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, part of the Smithsonian Libraries, as she discusses how the personal devotion medieval Book of Hours gave readers a literal and figurative window into the holy, and allowed them to make a more personal connection with Biblical figures and saints.