Though small compared to most LOC online exhibitions, this site showcases some truly wonderful objects from the Library's outstanding international collections. The site is a companion to the physical installation, an ongoing exhibit that starts with "'Beginnings,' an exploration of how world cultures have dealt with the creation of the universe and explained the heavens and the earth." The site is divided into four sections : Introduction, Creating, Explaining and Ordering, and Recording the Experience. each section features a varying number of thumbnail images of books, documents, and objects from the collections, accompanied by a short description. Highlights include a beautiful nineteenth-century hand-copied Koran in Arabic, Blake's image of the creation, and a lavishly colored Tibetan Buddhist Wheel of Life. Well worth a visit.
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