An upcoming exhibition at the Museum Of Biblical Art will highlight Bible printing in Venice during the High Renaissance
February 11 thru June 12th, 2011

The Fox and the Crow, from Aesop's Fables,
illustration by Hollar Wenceslaus,  17th century, etching

The Special Collections Research Center at the University of Chicago Library announces new acquisition of two early 16th century books

Infancyof Printing

Gutenberg to Gates

December 25th

NPR's All Things Considered focuses on the Ghent Altarpiece

 Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, The Flight into Egypt 

                                                                   

       

  Annunciation to the Shepherds  Bamberg Apocalypse   Ottonian 11th c.

                                                   The  Nativity   unknown  Ottonian, Mainz or Fulda, 1025-1050

 Bohemian master  ca. 1350.

Nativity, unknown master (ca. 1490), Slovakia, Spišské Podhradie

The Three Wise Men  mosaic detail from Sant'Apollinaire Nuovo  Ravenna, Italy  late 6th century

photo by Nina Aldin Thune

Conrad von Soest  1403  tempera on panel

  Geertgen tot Sint Jans Nativity at Night 1490  oil on oak panel

National Gallery London

Samuel Palmer Early Morning 1825

Samuel Palmer Garden in Shoreham 1820's-1830's

Samuel Palmer Cornfield by Moonlight with the Evening Star 1830

Samuel Palmer British Museum

from the William Blake Archive   paintings illustrating the Bible, including Job and his Daughters

A new mystery thriller, The Raven -an imaginary account of Edgar Allan Poe's final days- is in the works. The film, to be directed by James Mc Teigue, is due out next fall. (from The Huffington Post)

Poe's handwriting

                                                         illustration by John Tenniel 1858

Gustave Dore

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