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The printer's copy for part of Spelman's Concilia, decreta, leges, constitutiones, London: P. Stevens and C. Meredith; R. Badger, 1639.
The Spelman-Macro miscellany (MS E107) is a composite manuscript made up of a number of individual items, most from the 17th century. The first section consists of a fair copy in Anglo-Saxon of the Decrees of the Council of Eynsham (1009), probably…
The Poetry of Shaaban Robert
Shaaban Robert was, above all, a poet. As noted on the back cover of this volume, “. . . the poems appearing here cover the entire spectrum of human existence: youth and old age, morality and religion, politics, the beauty and signification of…
The Pitch Angel
Many ancient and historical masks were made to honor deities and concepts, this is a mask created to honor the silent importance of rot. Often condemned for what it takes, it is hardly given credit for what it gives. Without rot, nothing can be new.…
The Path not Taken
Balboa Park, San Diego
The Participation
The art piece features three different aspects. First, the woven abstract painting asks the question "what is art?" Second, the black frame with eyes averting which asks the question "what deserves approval?" And lastly, the blue ribbon which asks…
The Orsetti Family Papers
Image of the large collection of Orsetti family account books at Bernard Rosenthal’s storeroom in San Francisco.