so yesterday was hannah's
orientation at syracuse university's bird libraary
special collections
peter verheyan gave us a tour, fed us
and off they toodled, and
off i tootled
i love how the old paper sucks up ink
and the desire unerstand
the natural world
is with us still
(and we still understand so little)
vovelles are my favorite parts
of kinesthetic books
see how this on sits on the page
with a tiny bit of added yellow pigment
1574
and there was this small psalter
with an amazing illuminated letter
on vellum
see how it rests in the interior
then there were these funny birds
after a tasty lunch
good conversation with
six people who love books as objects
as well as their bookness,
i spent time with this stack of books.
look at those lines,
the gold leaf
and below the green pigment
hannah starts work in a week or so.
go to see the power & the piety
the world of medieval and renaissance europe
at the
special collections research library
a little jewel of an exhibit.