Handwritten : ten centuries of manuscript treasures from Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin /
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Imprint: | Canberra : National Library of Australia, ©2011. |
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Description: | 239 pages : color illustrations, music, facsimiles ; 31 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12700079 |
Summary: | In an era when the practice, indeed the art, of writing by hand is fast giving way to the keyboard, it is timely to pause and to consider the volume of words penned on paper over time. HANDWRITTEN: TEN CENTURIES OF MANUSCRIPT traces the lives and thoughts, problems and solutions, inspirations and creative endeavours of some of the world's greatest thinkers, innovators and artists. From a late ninth-century fragment of Virgil's epic poem the AENEID to a beautifully decorated manuscript of Dante Alighieri's THE DIVINE COMEDY, from Galileo's letter to a colleague and former pupil to Florence Nightingale's practical advice for an English politician, this publication captures memorable moments spanning the medieval era to today. |
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Item Description: | "This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition Ten centuries of manuscript treasures from Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, held at the National Library of Australia from 26 November 2011 to 18 March 2012"--Title page verso. |
Physical Description: | 239 pages : color illustrations, music, facsimiles ; 31 cm |
ISBN: | 9780642277336 0642277338 |