"The Pen's Excellencie"

Author: Folger Shakespeare Library
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2002
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

"The Pen's Excellencie" selects one hundred manuscript treasures from the roughly 55,000 manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library. It provides a window onto a vast landscape of experience, seen over the past seven centuries.Perhaps the only common feature of these remarkable texts is that someone wrote them with his or her own hand. Since they are notable examples carefully culled from many thousands of manuscripts, the writers tend to be reasonably well known - John Donne, Edmund Spenser, James Boswell, George Eliot, and letters by Wordsworth, Coleridge, Verdi, Dickens, Twain, Whitman, and Buffalo Bill. Both manuscripts that are priceless in terms of literary or historic interest and those that are fascinating or beautiful to look at are represented. While there are a handful of colorful, attention-grabbing manuscripts, most are deceivingly humble at first glance, written in inscrutable hands in brown ink. The earliest item, a copy of twelve works by Aristotle, is from the early fourteenth century. The latest item, from 1928, is a short poem by A. A. Milne.

The Players

The Players
Author: Players (Club)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 202
Release: 1924
Genre:
ISBN:

Contains constitution, rules, reports, list of members, etc.

The Diary of the 'Blue Nuns', Or, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, at Paris, 1658-1810

The Diary of the 'Blue Nuns', Or, Order of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, at Paris, 1658-1810
Author: Joseph Gillow
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781020768149

This fascinating diary offers a rare glimpse into the life of a convent of blue nuns in Paris during the 17th and 18th centuries. It includes detailed descriptions of the daily routine, religious practices, and social activities of the nuns, as well as their interactions with the outside world. The book also includes a detailed introduction and annotations by the historians Joseph Gillow and Richard Trappes-Lomax. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.