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mewnette · 18 days

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I found this beautiful small book by Japanese artist Zenji Funabashi, created while he was living in Toronto for a stretch in the 1970s. Only 200 were printed, I feel so lucky to have found this gem.

I scanned the entirety and you can read through it on my account at archive.org

Zenji Funabashi b. 1942, Kawasaki, Japan.

He is an artist, with works on paper and wood.

I'm so happy to have accidentally discovered such a wonderful artist. Hope you enjoy too!

#zenji funabashi #rare book #graphic artist #bright wood puzzle #archive.org

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othmeralia · 5 months

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Italian Dyer's Notebook

Autograph manuscript, circa 1856-1866

This warped and worn nineteenth-century Italian manuscript appears to be a working manual and color inventory of a wool dyer in mid-nineteenth-century Italy. The handwritten entries are dated between 1856 and 1866, suggesting that the notebook was used and added to over a period of time. The work includes more than 500 numbered and itemized recipes for dyes. Recipes are illustrated with more than 800 wool and fabric samples adhered to the pages. The samples range in colors from shades of brown to vivid fuchsia, turquoise, and mustard. The samples include fabrics of wool, felt, and cotton, as well as raw wool and coils of yarn. Ingredients listed include mud, urine, arsenic, and vitriol. Pages 192-219 contain longer descriptions of dying processes, one attributed to Giacomo Udinese and another to Cesare Bizzi.

Check it out on our digital collections site.

#colors #colors in textiles #colorfastness #dyes #dyes and dyeing #textiles #wool #italian manuscripts #manuscripts #rare books #old books #rare book #dye samples #19th century #othmeralia

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mtlibrary · 23 days

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This handsome fellow, drawn in red ink, is an example of a ‘drôlerie’, and is found in the Library’s copy Biblia Latina, printed in Venice in 1489. This was originally a four volume Bible, but our copy only includes this, the fourth volume. The book has a large number of red ink doodles (see below), as well as contemporary marginal notes. Drolleries such as this are commonly found in medieval manuscripts, and incunabula, books printed in the 15th century. They are often grotesque and bizarre figures.

Renae Satterley

Librarian

#library #law library #mtlibrary #inns of court #history #rare books #libraries #books & libraries #london #rare book #drôlerie #incunabula #marginalia

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upennmanuscripts · 1 year

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"If your rabbit is sniffing or bumping its nose, he might be showing or asking for your affection."

An affectionate bunny sniffs about in the bottom margin of f. 140r, Ms. Codex 724, a 13th century Bible written in France #drollerydonnerstag

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#medieval #manuscript #bunny #rabbit #animal #drollerydonnerstag #drollery #marginalia #illumination #illustration #13th century #bible #book history #rare book

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beautynthebook · 7 months

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#rare book #women reading

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drsonnet · 1 month

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When I was a boy in Palestine by Mousa J. Kaleel | Open Library

An edition of When I was a boy in Palestine (1914)

When I was a boy in Palestine

by Mousa J. Kaleel

When I was a boy in Palestine : Kaleel, Mousa J., 1892- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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charlesreeza · 1 year

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Illuminated Book of Prayers, 15th century, unknown Flemish artist

Museo Regionale di Palazzo Bellomo, Syracuse, Sicily

Photo by Charles Reeza

#hand painted #floral motif #foliage #grotesques #illuminated manuscripts #Gothic #Renaissance #Nativity #Catholic stuff #fine art #antique #rare book #christianity #Italy #Siracusa #Sicilia #travel photography

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fashionbooksmilano · 11 months

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Missoni Donna Estate 2014 - Missoni Mare Estate 2014

Missoni Donna 42 pagine , Missoni Accessories 41 pagine, Missoni Mare 24 pagine 13,5 x 20 cm

euro 40,00

email if you want to buy [email protected]

Firmata da Angela Missoni basata sui quattro elementi naturali, aria, fuoco, terra e acqua

Ricami in rilievo, intarsi in pizzo traforato, pailettes, bande di frange spiccano sulle silhouette fluide e lineari; orli, tagli asimmetrici e nuovi volumi per le maniche sorprendono e si mescolano tra loro a creare l’immagine di una donna cosmopolita. Legata alle tradizioni, ma in continua evoluzione. E’ in quest’ottica, che tra le stampe, un disegno d’archivio rielaborato in chiave grafica, presenta il logo della griffe che campeggia su t-shirt, gonne e top come su una serie coordinata di sofisticati accessori.

Abiti monospalla, drappeggi, severe gonne dritte a coprire le ginocchia svelano alti spacchi con sfondo piega in seta, pantaloni morbidi fermati sulle caviglie. Giacchine e camicie che toccano il punto vita affiancano t-shirt oversize e spolverini chiusi da nodi metallici. Una palette di colori decisi, intensi. Bianco e nero, arancio, viola, turchese, bluette, sottolineano le stampe, regalandogli un sapore Pop.

24/05/23

orders to: [email protected]

ordini a: [email protected]

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#Missoni #Missoni Estate 2014 #Missoni Mare 2014 #Missoni Accessori Estate 2014 #Angela Missoni #fashion collection catalogue #fashion books #rare book #fashionbooksmilano

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statelibraryqueensland · 2 years

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Fact checking just wasn’t quite the same in the early 16th century.

This page detail, taken from the Ortus Sanitatis, includes two animals purported for all intents and purposes to be ‘real’. The influx in mercantile travel during this period is believed to be partly responsible for the propagation of many half-truths and the subsequent abundance of mythological creatures reported as not only being real but as existing in the various ‘new worlds’ being discovered and explored by Western cultures. This is why, in a book that also contains such exotic creatures as lobsters and crocodiles, we also find donkey headed humanoids, and mandrakes, and yes, even unicorns!

Ortus Sanitatis, 1511. Held in the History and Art of the Book collection, State Library of Queensland.

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roadtripnewengland · 1 year

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Beinecke #RareBook and Manuscript Library at #Yale University- New Haven, Connecticut

#books #rare books #rare book #manuscript #illuminated manuscript #yale #yale university #new haven #new haven connecticut #connecticut

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rhianna · 1 year

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Manuel synthétique & pratique du tarot Found In: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Manuel synthétique & pratique du tarot Le Bateleaur

Le Bateleur

#le bateleur #magician #tarot card #vintage illustration #beinecke #rare book #yale

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christas-museum · 1 year

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Who became today an owner of a treasure that is a novel in German by the great Christa Winsloe? 🥰😢

The person behind this post.

Danke, Chris & 1000 kuße für alles.

— Deine größtes Fan

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A person A: *shrugging* Yeah, a book. A person B: No, a treasure that is available to be bought finally.

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Right under the last lines of the novel, there are words.

"Alle Figuren und Ereignisse, die in diesem Buch geschildert sind, sind von der Verfasserin erfunden. Personen vorkommender Namen sind ihr nicht bekannt". ("All characters and events described in this book are invented by the author. People whose names appear in this book are not known to her.")

Majority of writers do this, but it's misleading in this case. Actually, because of summary, I realised last year that one famous Kate "inspired" our wonderful Chris(ta) Kate, and the book is the result. BUT ALSO, there are surely hints about young motherless artist Chris, so in a way, third finished novel about the one and only C. No matter what, the same huge amount of love as du (Chris) deserve.

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■ NOTE: If you want to know any details, feel free to comment | reblog with a comment | sent a direct question via chat | ask (https://christas-museum.tumblr.com/ask)

#Christa Winsloe #Christa's museum #book #books #rare book #so far the fan has 3 books three letters and a collections of letters #will be as much as possible one day #*and one unreadable letter from a magazine scan (Chris to Dora Thompson)

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othmeralia · 2 months

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This beautiful set is Dictionnaire de chymie (1779).

#rare books #rare book #old books #chemistry books #chemistry #science #beautiful books #splendiferous spines #neville collection #othmeralia

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blueiskewl · 2 years

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A Rare Medieval Codex Discovered in Spain

A rare codex from the mid-13th century has been discovered in Spain after it went missing during the civil war (1936-1938), authorities announced Friday.

In late 1938, a soldier prevented the valuable ‘Fuero de Brihuega’ from being scorched when his military unit seized the town of Brihuega in the central province of Guadalajara, Spain’s Civil Guard reported.

A father and his son found the antique codex and handed it over to the Civil Guard so it could return to Brihuega, which is well-known for its mauve lavender fields.

The operation to return the valuable book to its rightful place was conducted by the Soler y Llach auction house in Barcelona, who were contacted by the pair who made the discovery.

Authorities have said the document, which dates back to 1242 when the Archbishop of Toledo, Rodrigo Ximénez de Rada, granted jurisdiction to the town of Brihuega, has an “incalculable value” and is well preserved.

Archeologist Juan Catalina Garcí shared the contents of the codex before it disappeared, and his report describes how the Fuero delves into the legal rules in place at the time and the penalties for breaching them.

The codex is over 70 pages long and is written on parchment paper. The pages are sandwiched between two thick walnut panels that are bound by four strips of leather.

The manuscript is signed by the archbishop and other clerical officers.

The medieval handwriting is in what paleographers call French typeface and is in various colors.

The codex will be delivered on Friday evening by the Civil Guard to the mayor of Brihuega, Luis Viejo Esteban, in a ceremony at Piedra Bermeja Castle.EFE

#A Rare Medieval Codex Discovered in Spain #Fuero de Brihuega #rare book #lost and found #ancient artifacts #history #history news #ancient history

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upennmanuscripts · 11 months

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Today's #MedicalMonday is LJS 435, portions of a 15th c. Arabic treatise on surgery with extensive illustrations of surgical implements. Topics covered include incision, perforation, blood-letting, wounds, bone-setting, dislocations, and sprains.

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#medieval #manuscript #arabic #surgery #medicine #history of medicine #medical monday #illustration #book history #rare book

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mannlibrary · 2 years

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Cover pages from inside L'art de cultiver les pommiers, les poiriers, et de faire des cidres, selon l'usage de la Normandie. Louis Chambray. 1765. https://newcatalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/2724750

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