The Newberry Library is a privately funded independent research library focused on the humanities. Within its collection of more than 1.5 million books, five million manuscript pages, and 500,000 historic maps resides a fifteenth-century wooden box with metal fillings. It was originally designed to be carried on horse- or mule-back to hold books or religious objects. Under the lid is a woodcut print of Mary in her aspect as Virgin of the Rosary. (Tanner Woodford) 60 W. Walton, Newberry.org
