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Not so clear, @MuseumofCityNY ! We've got a few Beatrix Potter bunnies stirring up some trouble! #museumsnowballfight
The Morgan
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The Morgan
@MorganLibrary
Once the library of financier Pierpont Morgan—now a museum, research library, music venue, architectural landmark, and historic site. #MorganLibrary
- We recently acquired a rare, fragmentary copy of the Ars moriendi blockbook, printed in 1467–69. Incredibly, the Morgan already held the 9 leaves missing from this singular copy. Our acquisition reunites the two parts, thus forms the only extant complete copy. #MorganLibrary
- Happy Birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien! Celebrate the genius behind "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" in our upcoming exhibition "Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth" opening January 25! bit.ly/TolkienAtMorgan#Tolkien
- “Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul” ... On this page we see J.R.R. Tolkien seeking to perfect his fire-writing. themorgan.org/exhibitions/to…
- Today’s #MedievalMondays manuscript is this 1000-yr-old gospel book, known as the Golden Gospels of Henry VIII after he came to own it in the 1600s. A plant-based dye was used on the vellum as part of a long tradition of creating purple manuscripts for use in imperial contexts.
- This is the work of Barthelemy van Eyck, who was both an illuminator and panel painter. Because the manuscript remains unfinished--here, the border figures are drawn but not painted--it provides a fascinating record of the artists' working procedures. #MedievalMondays#medieval
- A @StephenAtHome spotting at “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth,” closing this Sunday! themorgan.org/exhibitions/to…#Tolkien
- Mary Shelley’s annotated copy of Frankenstein at the Morgan--the most widely published English novel of all time! bit.ly/1LGrz8U
- We've digitized Mary Shelley's annotated copy of Frankenstein in anticipation of our upcoming exhibition "It's Alive! Frankenstein at 200"! See it here: bit.ly/AnnotatedFrank…#Frankenstein200
- Commissioned by Catherine of Cleves, this prayerbook is one of the greatest Dutch illuminated manuscripts ever produced. The coins in the border are painted so accurately that most can be identified. The saintly Pope Gregory is shown in the central image.
- "On the Earth one sees all sorts of things." —The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry #JeSuisParis#PrayForParis
- Mark your calendars! “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth” makes its way to NYC this January! themorgan.org/exhibitions/to…
