Hello all!
I had the great fortune to spend the latter part of last week in New York City. For those of us who primarily reside in cities of 42,000 or less, it is in the truest sense of the word, overwhelming. In a wonderful way, though. I didn't want to leave.
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| Flatiron Building in Manhattan |
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As my counterpart, James, and I are wont to do, we spent the majority of our time in museums and libraries. Below, some of my favorite pieces, most of which are from the
Morgan Library & Musuem.
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| Gutenberg Bible (in meticulous condition!), Mainz, 1455. One of the THREE that the Morgan Library had in its collection. |
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| If only they made book covers like this now! Bejeweled silver and gold cover, ca. 760-90. Lovely condition. |
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| My absolute favorite (I am partial, because I used this work in my study of St. Edmund for my senior thesis!). The Life, Passions, and Miracles of St. Edmund, by Abbo of Fleury and Osbert of Clare, 1130. |
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| A messy, but brilliant, composition by Beethoven at the Morgan Library & Museum. |
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| Sumerian cuneiform. The earliest form of written language. | | | |
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| Not a manuscript or book, but I loved this modern-art piece at the Museum of Modern Art. |
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Beautifully illuminated manuscript with some reliquaries (in which saints' remains would have been placed in the middle ages) and goblets in the background at the Metropolitan Museum.
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Bibliophile that I am, I will end this post with a shot of the interior of Pierpont Morgan's private library.
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