Greetings, Graduate students have been keen users of the Marriott Library’s Audio Studio. This blog post will describe a project from the student’s concept, to fruition, to promotion, to feedback, and lastly the follow-up. Last December a graduate student in Environmental Humanities approached me with a project....
TRAITTE DES DIUERTISSEMENS, INCLINATIONS, &… Potier de Morais (fl. 1644-1670) Paris: Pierre Moreau, 1644 Only edition DC133.32 P64 1644 Set in the exotic Orient, this novel on the education of a prince was written for and dedicated to six-year-old Louis XIV. Potier de Morais added pedagogy on the art of...
“This is the art of arts, the science of sciences. The valuable treasures of wisdom and knowledge, desired by all men, come out of the deep shadow of hiding, enriching and illuminating a world in the hands of evil. The unlimited power of books…now spreads...
First, I’ve been spending time developing a realistic report on our 3D scanning capabilities. Recently we were awarded grant funding to purchase a brand new Artec Spider 3D scanner, which has some really fantastic capabilities. Able to detect features as small as 0.3mm, this scanner...
These commentaries are excerpts from an assigned project for Humanities4900/6900, “Indigenous Peoples: Social and Cultural Perspectives,” taught by Isabel Dulfano, Spring semester 2016. Students studied demographics, Mayan epigraphy, Incan kipu, archaeology, linguistics and other topics as an interdisciplinary approach to critically expanding their understanding of...
“o Prince of Poetry” Dhikrá Shaksipīr Aḥmad Zakī Abū Shādī (1892-1955) Egypt: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Salafīyah, 1926 First edition PJ7808.S5 D55 1926 The Egyptian poet Aḥmad Zakī Abū Shādī was a man of many talents. Not only was he renowned as a poet and man of letters, he was also trained as a...
“Matt Christensen, a sophomore in engineering, took time to look at the display between classes. ‘I think it’s really interesting how they’ve created something both new and fresh, but out of a format we’re all used to,’ Christensen said.” Land-Art Inspired Library Exhibit Showcases Books As Art...
Preghiera alla Vergine… Modena: Il Bulino edizioni d’arte, 2007 Facsimile. This illuminated manuscript belonged a young woman of the Veronese aristocracy. Produced on vellum in the second half of the thirteenth century, it is illustrated throughout with miniatures and consists of forty-two folios, or eighty-four pages. The...
“A eia kekahi, i kona heluhelu ana, ua hoopihaia oia me ka Uhane o ka Haku.” KA BUKE O NA BERITA AMEN A KAUOHA San Francisco, 1855 First edition The first missionary work in Hawai’i for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints began in 1850, when Charles...
Special Treatments Illuminations from the Wisdom Volume The Utah Calligraphic Artists guild is pleased to host an evening lecture with Diane von Arx, one of three American calligraphers invited to be part of the artistic team for the St. John’s Bible project. Thursday May 5, 2016 7PM Utah Cultural Celebration...