Sponsored by The Grolier Club Joshua O’Driscoll, Assistant Curator of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum, will speak on “Nuns at Work: The Poor Clares As Makers of Books in Gothic Cologne.” A newly-emerged fragment from an otherwise lost deluxe choir book serves as the point […]
Illuminated manuscripts
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The Morgan Library Join Assistant Manager of School Programs, Ann Bell, for a talk about the Morgan Book Project, an extended learning program for students in grades 3-12 in which they create their own illuminated manuscripts using the Morgan’s collection as inspiration. She will highlight facets of traditional bookmaking techniques […]
by Jennifer Larson Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. 2021. The Personal Librarian. New York: Random House. Heidi Ardizzone. 2007. An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene’s Journey from Prejudice to Privilege. New York: W. W. Norton and Co. In The Personal Librarian, authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray […]