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Showing posts with label Catholicism. Show all posts
Friday, January 11, 2013

Fighting Modern Evils With Old Rare Books

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by Stephen J. Gertz MILLER, Fred S. Fighting Modern Evils That Destroy Our Homes - A Startling Exposure of the Snares and Pitfals of the...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

Bring Me The Head Of St. Lawrence Of Rome, Patron Saint Of Librarians

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By Stephen J. Gertz Martyrs roasting on an open fire, Larry's last words bravely won: Though it's been said many times many ways,...
Tuesday, May 8, 2012

A Stunning Rare Illuminated Book Of Hours, $13,583 Per Hour

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By Stephen J. Gertz Shepherds' Proclamation. On May 21  2012, Ketterer Kunst Auktions - Hamburg is offering the De Gros-Carondele...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012

An Illustrious Anonymous Author Unmasked

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by Stephen J. Gertz Preview Anonymous is a perennially busy writer, with a list of books that could span the Equator with enough left o...
Monday, June 20, 2011

When Kerouac Met Dostoyevsky

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by Stephen J. Gertz Jack Kerouac's "Dostoyevsky Mad-Face" by Allen Ginsberg, 1953. Sometime during March-April, 1949, Jo...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The Rare Book That Turned Elizabeth I into Queen of Heaven

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Yesterday, Queen of England. Today, Mother of God. by Stephen J. Gertz In 1578 an astonishing book was published in England, astonishing ...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Music Writ Large: With Illuminated Choir Books Size Matters

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by Linda Hedrick Initial C:  Monks Singing.  MS. 24, Leaf 3V. Unknown artist, Italian, circa 1420. Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink ...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Collecting Nurse Jackie’s Patron Saint: The Urtext of Memoirs

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Suddenly, It's St. Augustine! That exclamation is neither a message from the Florida Board of Tourism nor the title of a wacky, ne...