I was cleaning off my camera earlier this week and came across this picture of a beautiful illuminated manuscript. I don’t remember where I took it or what it is but it surely is beautiful. Do you recognize it?
I picked up some beautiful old books this summer at a used book store in Zurich. They have a whiff of old book about them. I bought them because they have beautiful spines and they’re small (and therefore easy to…
I’m lucky to live in an area with a rich literary tradition. One of the benefits of living here is the many public libraries and other organizations that hold regular used book sales. It’s interesting to observe how each sale…
This is an interesting video in which papermaker Lamberto Bernardini tells the story of paper and books and how they changed society by permitting the spread of ideas in a cheap and accessible way. It finishes up with a brief demonstration…
Images of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili on display at the Huntington Library. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili is a beautifully illustrated and decorated work of considerable mystery. The text takes the form of an allegorical search by Polifilo for his lost mistress, Polia, but…
