In 2014, the J. Willard Marriott Library joined the world in celebration of the 500 year anniversary of the publication of Andreas Vesalius' De Humani Corporis Fabrica.On Wednesday, April 17, under the direction of Randy Silverman, head of the Preservation Department, the library hosted several...
Liber Scivias Hildegard of Bingen Graz : Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 2013 ND3385 H55 S279 2013“The Earth is at the same time mother, She is the mother of all that is natural, mother of all that is human She is the mother of all, for contained in her are the...
Le nouveau cuisinier royal et bourgeois...
(ip)se veniet et salvos no- s faciet. Co. ecce virgo concipiet et pariet fili- um et vocabitur no- men eius hemanuel. Off(ertoriu)m prope es tu domine et omnesHe himself shall come and shall make us saved. Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son and his name shall be called Emmanuel. You are near,...
“Here on the edge we look east to the West, west to the East, and cannot resolve them. We can only watch; watch and prepare; and bide on the time when what we are, and that for which we have taken this stand, can be...
"Someone leans near And sees the salt your eyes have shed."Five Poems Toni Morrison Las Vegas, NV: Rainmaker Editions, 2002 PS3563 O8749 F58 2002Silhouettes by Kara E. Walker. From the artist's website: "New York-based artist Kara Walker is best known for her candid investigation of race, gender, sexuality,...
Quodcumque vinclis super ter- ram strinxeris, erit in astris reli- gatum fortiter.And whatever with bonds you shall have bound upon earth will be bound strongly in heaven.Et quod resolvis in terris arbitrio, e- rit solutum super radium. In fi- ne mundi iudexAnd what you unbind/loosen on earth will be loosened upon in heaven on your authority....
“Scynte Valentine of custome yeere by yeere Men have an usuance, in this regioun, To loke and serche Cupides kalendere, And chose theyr choyse by grete affecioun, Such as ben move with Cupides mocioun Takyng theyre choyse as theyre sort doth falle; But I love oone whiche excelleth alle.”-- John...
"This way. Close your eyes Then. I say Close your eyes.Stranger & Stranger Katharine Coles (b. 1959) Salt Lake City, UT: Red Butte Press, 2016From the colophon: “This collaboration evolved over a decade through artistic dialogue between poet Katharine Coles and painter Maureen O’Hara Ure. This imaginary collection...
“The Queene of Scotland is your prisoner, let her be honorably entreated, but yet surely guarded.” – William ParryA true and plaine declaration of the horrible… At London by C. Barker Cum priuilegio, 1585 First edition, second issueA contemporary report of William Parry’s plot to assassinate Queen...
