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“Scynte Valentine of custome yeere by yeere Men have an usuance, in this regioun, To loke and serche Cupides kalendere, And chose theyr choyse by grete affecioun, Such as ben move with Cupides mocioun Takyng theyre choyse as theyre sort doth falle; But I love oone whiche excelleth alle.”-- John...
“A harsh algorithmic line levels its gaze, makes one blunt admission after another while the time in which the statement is made expands and contracts with efficient respiration, an echo following itself across all the bitmapped spaces of the mind.”...
“All for the People and all Through the People” — ProgrammaRevolution had been bleeding red on the tongues of Russian citizens for a least a decade before the fateful Autumn of 1917 when the Bolsheviks seized power from Tsar Nicholas II, ending the 300 year...
“Wisdom! Let us attend!”VO SLAVU STYIA… Orthodox Eastern Church Kiev: v Kievopecherskoi lavre, 170?The Monastery of the Caves was founded in 1015 just outside of Kiev. In 1615, as part of a prestige-building effort, the Abbot raised money to buy a printing press. The oldest known...
“Golden words are painted [here] on purple pages, The Thunderer’s shining kingdoms of the starry heavens, Revealed in rose-red blood, disclose the joys of heaven, And the eloquence of God glittering with fitting brilliance Promises the splendid rewards of martyrdom to be gained.”GODESCALC EVANGELISTARY Darmstadt: Primus, 2011Facsimile. The Godescalc Evangelistary...
“AMERICANS! he had no child – BUT YOU – and HE WAS ALL YOUR OWN.”AN ORATION, UPON THE DEATH OF GENERAL… Gouverneur Morris (1752-1799) New-York, Printed by John Furman, opposite the City Hall, 1800 E312.63 M86 1800Gouverneur Morris represented Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He wrote...
“The smooth black stream that makes thy whiteness fair, — Sweet fluttering sheet…” – from “The Love-Letter”POEMS Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) London: F. S. Ellis, 1870 First edition, first issue binding PS5240 A1 1870University of Utah copy presentation copy inscribed to John Skelton and dated April of 1870. Skelton was a...
“At night may I roam When the owl is hooting At dawn may I roam When the crow is calling Then may I roam.” – Teton SiouxSOUNDS OF THE NIGHT: THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND THE OWL Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013) South Norwalk, CT: Winter 1994-1995Earth tones contrast with night colors of deep...
“Farewel, my friends! farewel, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those: The bursting tears my heart declare- Farewel, the bonie banks of Ayr!” — Robert Burns, 1786The staff of the Rare Books Department extends its heartfelt condolences to the family of Frederick S. Buchanan (1931-2016). Professor...