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"Johanna Drucker, The Next Word: ""The pages of [High Tension] are cut at the edge in that triangular shape. It's about anxiety, and it pricks your fingers as you turn the pages."" Renee Riese Hubert & Judd D. Hubert, The Cutting Edge of Reading:…

"Philip Zimmermann: The narrative line of this book uses a combination of photoimagery and text to show the fear, fury and exasperations of life in and around Mexican border towns (but especially Ciudad Juarez) in these times of narco-terrorism. I…

"Philipip Zimmermann: ""Four-color offset lithography printed book was created as a series of two page board book spreads that minimize the visual distraction of a 'gutter' on the panoramic view of each skyscape. The edges of the book are rounded and…

Pamela Zwehl-Burke: "On a trip to Maneadero, on the coast of Mexico just past tourist country, the sea tossed groups of objects on the glittering sand, often as if in numbered sets for teaching. I'm still learning, as I have dear friends and a…

The Bible from which this loose leaf has been taken was created nearly 750 years ago. The vellum is especially thin and the script is exceptionally small (probably written with a raven's feather), making it a remarkable scribal accomplishment.…

Denison already owns a leaf from this same source manuscript (Fifty Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts,item 40). Other loose leaves are owned by the University of Minnesota, Fordham University, Smith College, Oberlin College, the Rhode Island School of…

Denison already owns a leaf from this same source manuscript (Fifty Leaves from Medieval Manuscripts portfolio box, item 32). Other leaves from the same source manuscript are owned by the University of Texas at Austin, the Franciscan University of…

This leaf is from one of the smallest manuscripts Ege ever owned: a personal prayer book designed to be carried in a dress pocket. Only three other specimens are known to exist, in the collections of Samford University, Dartmouth College, and the…

This leaf comes from the very first medieval manuscript Otto Ege ever owned; he bought it in Philadelphia in 1911 when he was 23 years old. Denison already owns another leaf from the manuscript (shelfmark Z109.O74, leaf 4); others are owned by…