Faddan More Psalter reveals an ancient Coptic source

Manuscript dug from from an Irish bog in 2006 reveals a surprising Egyptian link. Papyrus bits found in the lining of the leather binding of an eight century Irish Psalter recovered from a Tipperary bog four years ago provides tantalizing physical evidence of a link connecting early Irish Christianity to the ancient Middle Eastern Coptic Church. (from the Irish Independent News 9/5/10)

Decameron
David Cohen's Decade of Exhibitions at the New York Studio School 2001-2010

opens Thursday,September 9th at the NYSS.
The exhibition  highlights a stellar range of contemporary artists including:

Frank Auerbach

Frances Barth

Rackstraw Downes

Mernet Larsen

Dorothea Rockburne

Interview with Dr. Mary Watt, University of Florida, part two

Interview with Dr. Mary Watt, part one

interview with Andrew Pettegree from the Boston Globe

The restoration of a Renaissance masterpiece, a 15th c. copy of the Mishneh Torah , completed at Israel's National  Museum

The Book in the Renaissance
review