Sacred and secular manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg are on display in the Rosenwald Gallery on the sixth floor of the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library through January 20. From the Medieval and Renaissance periods, the collection includes illuminated manuscripts of liturgical, devotional, scientific and geographic texts, including an example of the Portolan atlas. Mr. Schoenberg, a member of the Library's Board of Overseers, has collected 11th through 18th century illustrated manuscripts for three decades.

At the other end of the spectrum, Saul Steinberg's images of contemporary life are on display at the Arthur Ross Gallery in an show titled "About America 1948-1995."

Ever since he landed in America in 1940, the Romanian-born artist has recorded the life and times of the United States. Steinberg's drawings and paintings--both playful and profound--have appeared on the cover of the New Yorker magazine. The exhibition of 50 works on paper includes the American Corrida drawing, casting Uncle Sam as the matador and a giant unblinking turkey as the bull, that was published in the New Yorker in 1992.

The famous, much imitated "View of the World from 9th Avenue," together with preliminary studies, are on display in several versions. "About America," which will run through January 21, was organized by the gallery and made possible through New York collectors Jeffrey and Sivia Loria who loaned the Steinberg drawings. The Lorias have been generous supporters of the Arthur Ross Gallery for many years and also donated Alexander Archipenko's King Solomon sculpture to the University.

"The drawings on view go back to spidery tinted impressions of Manhattan drawn in 1948," wrote John Updike in the introduction to the full-color catalogue available from the gallery, "and include at least one example of most of Steinberg's modes--the illegible document, the mismatched couple, the orgy of allegory, the postcard from nowhere, the verminous street-scene, the brown-paper mask, the art-deco nightmare, the head on heels, the remembered Europa, the peaceful drawing board." An appreciation written by French art historian Jean Leymarie is also included in the catalogue.

Other art exhibits currently on campus include:

• Paintings and mixed media by Sylvester Urquart, a Wharton graduate, and oils by Robert T. Smalls, who works in the Medical Center's Office of Architecture and Facilities Management, at the Faculty Club through November 28.

• Rare prints "Images of Victory: Woodblock Prints from the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)" at the University Museum through August 31.

• Architectural Sculpture of the Maya, "Time and Rulers at Tikal," also at the University Museum through next fall.

• Photographs transformed into black-and-white drawings that illustrate transitions in recent Korean history, "Cho Duck Hyun," opening November 17 at the Institute of Contemporary Art and continuing through January 14. Also opening at ICA the same day is "Boris Mihailov: After the Fall," photographs capturing post-Soviet political changes in Ukraine.