Marks of genius : masterpieces from the collections of the Bodleian Libraries / Stephen Hebron.

  • Hebron, Stephen
Date:
[2014]
  • Books

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Description

Marks of Genius pays tribute to some of the most remarkable testaments to genius throughout human history, from ancient texts on papyrus and the extraordinary medieval manuscript The Douce Apocalypse to the renowned children's work The Wind in the Willows. Bringing together some of the rarest and most impressive treasures in the collections of the Bodleian Libraries, it tells the story of each work's creation and its journey through time, offering insight into the breadth and depth of its influence as well as and its power to fascinate.--From publisher's description.

Publication/Creation

Oxford : Bodleian Library Publishing, [2014]

Physical description

360 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm

Contributors

Notes

Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Morgan Library and Museum, New York, June 6-September 14, 2014 and the Bodleian Library, Oxford, March 21-September 20, 2015.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-352) and index.

Contents

Preface / Richard Ovenden -- Foreword / Toby Blackwell -- Blackwell's and the Bodleian / Reg Carr -- The genius of Sir Thomas Bodley : the Bodleian LIbrary / Richard Ovenden -- The charater of genius / Stephen Hebron -- Catalogue.
Part 1. Marks of genius -- What is genius? -- Written in their own hands -- The most ingenious books -- Standing on the shoulders of giants -- The child of patronage.
Part 2. Genius and learning -- Genius is from Heaven, learning from man -- Gathering in books -- Books of their owne stoare -- For the use and ease of students -- The gigantic genius of Shakespeare.

Exhibitions note

Exhibited : "Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries," organized by the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 2014-2015.

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    History of Medicine
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ISBN

  • 9781851242665
  • 185124266X
  • 9781851244034
  • 1851244034
  • 9781851244416
  • 1851244417