A post by Collections Coordinator Hannah Cartwright

Our item of this monthis Peter Apian’s Cosmographia. Initially published in 1524, later editions of Cosmographia expanded and edited by Gemma Frisius became hugely successful. Our 1584 edition is one of these later editions. Over 40 editions of Cosmographia were published in under a century, and it was translated from Latin into 4 different languages.

So, what made Cosmographia a 16^th century bestseller?

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A post by Collections Assistant Hannah Cartwright

This month, we delve into the Renaissance world of hidden symbols, religious fervour, and lost languages with Pierio Valeriano’s Hieroglyphica. Our copy of the Hieroglyphica is part of our Bamburgh Library collection, a library initially collected and curated by the Sharp family in 18^th century.

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