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Comment by Eva Libre on September 3, 2013 at 5:34pm

I wish everyone a great tuesday afternoon !! :-))

Instalación de Alicia Martín en la Casa de América de Madrid en 2003.

Comment by Luna Arjuna on February 19, 2013 at 4:36am

Take a look at the gorgeous night sky as depicted in the Hours of Henry VIII, illuminated around 1500 by Jean Poyer. http://bit.ly/VZxzy6

Comment by Luna Arjuna on February 14, 2013 at 4:49pm

Happy you-know-who’s Day!

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Comment by Luna Arjuna on February 14, 2013 at 4:45pm

The Morgan Library & Museum

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves

 

Created in Utrecht, The Netherlands, around 1440, the manuscript was taken apart sometime before 1856. Its leaves were shuffled and then rebound into two volumes to make each look more or less complete. The first part was acquired by the duke of Arenberg, whose descendants owned it until 1957, when it was bought by New York dealer H. P. Kraus, who sold it to Alistair Bradley Martin. This volume had been known by scholars as the "Hours of Catherine of Cleves."

Meanwhile, the second part had been acquired by the Rothschild family, who kept their manuscripts secret. In 1963 their volume was sold to the Morgan as yet another "Hours of Catherine of Cleves." Studying the newly acquired book (it became MS M.917) along with the Martin volume, Morgan curator John Plummer determined that they were actually two halves of one and the same codex. In 1964 the Morgan mounted an exhibition of both volumes, displaying all the miniatures via color transparencies. When a facsimile of the manuscript was published by George Braziller in 1966, the exhibition was repeated. Finally, in 1970, the Morgan was able to buy the Martin volume (it became MS M.945), and thus came to own both parts of this greatest of all Dutch manuscripts.

Both volumes have been disbound in preparation for rebinding the leaves in proper order.

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Comment by Luna Arjuna on February 7, 2013 at 9:58am

Some of the earliest books produced in Venice bridged the gap between illumination and printing. This lavish Bible features borders and initials by an anonymous miniaturist known as the Master of the Putti. http://bit.ly/11BEXGG

Comment by Luna Arjuna on February 7, 2013 at 9:51am

For your viewing pleasure, a show stopper from the Breviary of Eleanor of Portugal. http://bit.ly/11WFHSi

Comment by Luna Arjuna on February 7, 2013 at 9:48am

How did this portrait of a handsome gentleman fall into the hands of the princess Shirin? Learn about the story of Shirin, an Armenian princess: http://bit.ly/TFCFmh

Nice that you like it, Katja.

Comment by Eva Libre on February 5, 2013 at 10:33am

Ritman Library: The circle in Scholarly Hermetic and Global Hermetic Circle is an apt symbol because it emphasizes infinity, wholeness and unity. It symbolizes a ‘sacred’ space, a place of trust in which learning and development are encouraged and in which there is room for trial and error. The circle is chosen to underline the dynamics of the community in forming and transforming itself. Secondly, it refers to the Gnostic tradition, which visualizes the circle as the Ouroboros, the world serpent that devours its own tail, thereby representing cyclicality and self-sustainability. This symbolism can also be associated with the foundation of a vibrant online and offline community able to operate in an open and free space of trus.

Comment by Katja on January 17, 2013 at 11:06pm

Very nice. Thank you.

 

Comment by Luna Arjuna on January 16, 2013 at 12:35am

When this copy of the writings of William Tyndale and two other Protestant martyrs was given to Elizabeth I (crowned Queen on this day in 1559), it was surely an attempt to secure royal favor for the printer and editor. What’s the best book-ish gift you’ve ever received?

Thank you for your kind birthday greetings, Katja.

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