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Handwritten: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Treasures from Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin

Author:   National Library of Australia
Publisher:   National Library of Australia
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9780642277336


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 November 2011
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As we increasingly communicate through emails, blogs and tweets, and as handwriting recedes into the past, it is timely to pause and consider the volume of words written by hand over the past 1000 years.

Handwritten: Ten Centuries of Manuscript Treasures from Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin is a selection of 100 manuscripts from the Berlin State Library. These items form a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition that opens at the National Library of Australia in November 2011.

The publication includes an amazing range of items—from highly decorative illuminated manuscripts to simple letters and musical scores. From Dante’s Divine Comedy and a manuscript by Einstein to Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro and a letter from Galileo, Handwritten is a feast of some of the most significant moments in the history of science, philosophy, exploration, politics, religion, music and art. Other names include Beethoven, Cook, Curie, Darwin, Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Goethe, Haydn, Kafka, Kant, Machiavelli, Marx, Michelangelo, Napoleon, Newton, Nietzsche, Nightingale, Nobel, Pasteur and Watt … the list goes on.

The items in this publication are all beautifully illustrated and accompanied by essays written by experts in their field. The scope and depth of this publication is sure to make it a sought-after classic for years to come.

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Author:   National Library of Australia
Publisher:   National Library of Australia
ISBN:  

9780642277336


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 November 2011
Publisher's Status:   Not Specified
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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