Treasures from the Vault
dal 13/1/2013 al 4/5/2013
Segnalato da
13/1/2013
Treasures from the Vault
Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Thirty works from the Morgan's collections of medieval manuscripts, printed books, private letters, and original music
From Mozart to Machiavelli, there is always something fascinating to explore in the Morgan's historic McKim building. Thirty works from the Morgan's exceptional collections of medieval manuscripts, printed books and bindings, private letters and correspondence, and original music will be on view. Highlights include such treasures as a letter from J. R. R. Tolkien containing his commentary on the creation and critical reception of The Hobbit; a magnificent twelfth-century illuminated manuscript depicting the life, passion, and miracles of St. Edmund; Percy Bysshe Shelley's On Life manuscript; and Beethoven's Tenth Violin Sonata in G Major. The Morgan's important holdings of Americana are represented by a letter from Alexander Hamilton to Martha Washington upon the death of her husband, and a volume of Edward Curtis's monumental The North American Indian, a photographic project funded in part by Pierpont Morgan. (Image: Thieves Breaking into the Burial Church of St. Edmund Abbo of Fleury and Osbert of Clare, Life, Passion, and Miracles of St. Edmund, in Latin Illuminated by the Alexis Master and assistant England, Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, ca. 1130 Purchased by J. P. Morgan, Jr., 1927)