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B3390. Renaissance and Medieval Costume / Bonnard
Renaissance and Medieval Costume by Camille Bonnard. 2008. 128pp. 8-3/8 x 9. Paper $17.95. Sale
Displays a detailed gallery of costumes worn in the eleventh through fifteenth centuries: maidens in tasseled gowns and elaborate headpieces; jousting knights in armor with swords and breastplates; young men in flowing robes and wide-brimmed hats; others on horseback with decorative trappings, and so much more. The images are based on figures from period paintings, frescoes, sculptures, and illuminated manuscripts in Italian museums and churches. Includes 120 splendid full-color plates showcasing head-to-toe apparel worn by citizens of all classes: nobility, the bourgeois, soldiers, ecclesiastics, and others. Includes captions and a new introduction. Selection from Costumes historique frd XIIe, XIIIe, XIVe, et XVe siecles published by A. Levy Fils, Paris, in 1860. All captions translated into English.
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B3327. Alphabet From A To Y / Martin & Chast
The Alphabet from A to Y With Bonus Letter Z! by Steve Martin and Roz Chast. 2007. 64pp. 10.25"x8.5". Hardcover $17.95
Steve Martin has supplied the rhyming and alliterative couplets. Roz Chast, whose cartoons frequently appear in The New Yorker, has provided the illustrative facing page. Will your child or grandchild understand everything in this book? No, but that does not mean they won’t enjoy hearing it, again and again and again. And you may still enjoy reading it to them the tenth time. Your youngster may have plenty of questions - which is a good thing. "In varsity Victor was often victorious - sadly, his winning made him vainglorious." "Excellent Edward, exceedingly picky, ate eggs with an eel whose earwax was icky."
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B2695. Solid Form of Language/Bringhurst
The Solid Form of Language
By Robert Bringhurst. 2004. 80pp. 4.5"x7". Paper.
A fascinating essay on the way spoken language has been
recorded with visual symbols, beautifully presented in this small volume. Latin and Greek Alphabets, Chinese logographs, Sanskrit and Hindi or Cree and Inukitiut syllabics are discussed as well as parallels with music and mathematics. It’s thought provoking and accessible for the lay reader. Smyth-sewn. The book is jacket letterpress
printed on St Armand handmade paper.
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B2777. Wordplay / Langdon
Wordplay: The Philosophy, Art, and Science of Ambigrams
By John Langdon. 2005. 224pp. 8"x8." Paper $14.95. SALE
Ambigrams are a visual lettering trick.You turn the lettering upside down and the word reads the same! This updated collection of ambigrams features a section of full-color ambigrams and dozens of mind-bending examples of this cryptic art form.Many involve full circles of lettering. Each ambigram is accompanied by a short essay, some serious, some witty. This revised edition includes 50 new examples!
This is the UK printing with a different cover from what is pictured.
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B2898. Tree of Meaning/Bringhurst
The Tree of Meaning: Thirteen Lectures
By Robert Bringhurst. 2006. 320pp. 5.3" x 8.5". Paper.
Lectures on language, focusing on storytelling,mythology, comparative literature, humanity and the breadth of oral culture. Bringhurst’s commitment to ‘ecological linguistics’ emerges in his studies of Native American art and storytelling, his understanding of poetry, and his
championing of a more truly universal conception of what constitutes literature.He discusses the process of translation, and the relationship between beings and language. Themes include the nature of language; the nature of meaning; the destruction of the earth as we have known it, occurring side by side with the evident persistence of poetry and meaning.
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B3322. Fraktur: Folk Art and Family / Earnest
Fraktur: Folk Art and Family by Corinne & Russell Earnest. 2007. 192pp. 8.5"x11". Hardcover
The American fraktur tradition began about 1740 in southeast Pennsylvania, but quickly spread to other states, and remains popular even today. For centuries, these cherished hand-written and watercolor decorated paper manuscripts have embodied a richness of tradition and culture, blending text with riotous color and Pennsylvania Dutch (German) design. Having roots in medieval European decorated manuscript art, fraktur celebrate family events such as births, baptisms, and marriages among some of America's earliest immigrants of German and Swiss heritage. More than 230 color photographs, many full page, present exquisite examples of three centuries of American fraktur, interwoven with insightful historical details, information on the making of fraktur, and techniques for preserving these delicate documents.
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