EditorialGems of modern French poetry for reading and recitation, comp. and ed. with introductory remarks on the principles of French versification, short biographical notices, and a fulll phraseological French-English vocabulary in the order of the text : Laza...
EditorialA lohan A lohan A lohan A luohan, A Buddhist monk figure sits with his head raised and an attentive look in the glass-inlaid eyes. His elongated earlobes indicate that it is no ordinary monk. It is a luohan (arhat), a hermit who lives in seclusion in t...
EditorialKalpa-sutra Manuscript with 24 Miniatures: Siddhartha Hears the Recitation of Trisala's Dreams, c. 1475-1500. Western India, Gujarat, last quarter of the 15th century. Color and gold on paper; overall: 12.5 x 25.7 cm (4 15/16 x 10 1/8 in.).
EditorialA Bridge in a Snowy Landscape, from the series "A Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems for Recitation (Wakan roeishu)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1837-1848. Dimensions: 14 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. Color woodblock print; oban. Origi...
EditorialThe poet Homer, with a lyra da gamba, an instrument used to accompany ballads in the 17th century. Homer's recitation is eagerly noted down by the young man at the poet's side. Canvas (1663-1666), 95 x 131 cm Inv. 715.
EditorialThe poet Homer, with a lyra da gamba, an instrument used to accompany ballads in the 17th century. Homer's recitation is eagerly noted down by the young man at the poet's side. Canvas (1663-1666), 95 x 131 cm Inv. 715.
EditorialRosary Terminal Bead with Lovers and Death's Head, ca. 1500?1525, Made in North France or South Netherlands, North French or South Netherlandish, Ivory, with emerald pendant, silver-gilt mount, Overall: 5 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.6 x 4 x 4.3 cm),...
EditorialThe poet Homer, with a lyra da gamba, an instrument used to accompany ballads in the 17th century. Homer's recitation is eagerly noted down by the young man at the poet's side. Canvas (1663-1666), 95 x 131 cm Inv. 715.