Monthly Archives: August 2025

McGill Lends Medieval Treasures to Pointe-à-Callière’s Chevaliers/Knights Exhibit

The two leaves on display as part of the Knights exhibition at Pointe-à-Callière Museum.

La version française suit. McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections is proud to contribute to Pointe-à-Callière Museum’s latest exhibition, Chevaliers/Knights, currently on view in the Old Port of Montreal until October 19, 2025. Two exquisite 15th-century manuscript leaves from …

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Warden and Witness: 118 years of the ‘Our Lady of the Snows’ banner at McGill

By Katelyn Jones, PhD Candidate, Art History, Max Stern Fellow, McGill Visual Arts Collection (2025-) A magnificent, embroidered banner titled Our Lady of the Snows hangs inconspicuously in the discrete location of the Royal Victoria College Residence Hall nicknamed the …

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