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There are three types of color receptors in your eye: red, green and blue. But how do we see the amazing kaleidoscope of other colors that make up our world? Colm Kelleher…
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Have you ever wondered what color is? In this first installment of a series on light, Colm Kelleher describes the physics behind colors-- why the colors we see are related…
A (mostly) medieval alphabet. The alphabet (minus the letters J and K) from Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts. Most of the manuscripts are from the British Library. This is mostly me playing around with Windows MovieMaker.
More on this programme: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ymh76
The Luttrell Psalter takes its name from its patron, Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, a wealthy English landowner in Lincolnshire. Its quality and character suggest that it was produced at…
Rare 1967 film of poet and "Beat Friar" Brother Antoninus (AKA William Everson) performing spoken word at the auditorium of St. Alberts College in Oakland. Antoninus is one of the key figures of the beat era and the San Francisco Renaissance that…
Part of the Spring section of the Luttrell Psalter film. The film recreates medieval rural life as depicted in the Luttrell Psalter. It is due for release in May 2008.
Lankes, Julius J.,, 1884-1960,, bookplate designer.
[Bookplate of Buddy Lankes]
1920.
1 print : woodcut ; bookplate 18.3 x 13.7 cm.
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Print for a child's bookplate shows three birds sitting in a tree.
Forms…
Smith, Sidney Lawton,, 1845-1929,, engraver.
[Bookplate of Ornithologist Ruthven Deane, hand-colored by Mrs. Frank S. Hatch]
[1924]
1 print : etching with engraving, hand-colored ; bookplate 10.9 x 8.2 cm.
Notes:
Handwritten note on back of…
Harding, Dorothy Sturgis,, artist.
[Bookplate of Rosamond Sturgis Brooks]
[1920]
1 print : lithograph ; bookplate 12.2 x 10.4 cm, on mount 22.8 x 15.2 cm.
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Print showing a sailboat framed by dolphins and a…
Vedder, Elihu,, 1836-1923,, bookplate designer.
[Bookplate of Anita Herriman Vedder, Rome, Italy]
[between ca. 1870 and 1923]
1 print : woodcut ; bookplate 11.7 x 8.4 cm.
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Print shows the words "Let me…