Conrad Ferdinand's List: Special Collections - Digital Exhibitions

"Announcing the Text. Development of the Title Page, 1470-1900. Selections from the National Gallery of Art Library. National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, February 17-May 21, 2010."

"This site features links to online exhibitions that have been created by libraries, archives, and historical societies, as well as to museum online exhibitions with a significant focus on library and archival materials. The scope is international and multi-lingual."

„In August 1617 a small group of Saxon nobles gathered in Castle Hornstein near Weimar to establish a type of institution previously unknown on German soil ‚the learned society'. It was based on the Italian model of the previous century and specifically on the Academia della Crusca of Florence, to whose ranks one of its founding members, Prince Ludwig of Anhalt-Köthen, had been elected in 1600. Ludwig was the chief benefactor and the head of this new German society until his death in 1650, and he and its other founding members sought inspiration in their pursuit of learning from the many Italian literary societies which had contributed so much to the purification and normalization of Italian letters in the sixteenth century. The new German society was called the ‚Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft', the Fruitbearing Society, and its motto was „Alles zum Nutzen" - ‚Everything for a purpose'".

"This exhibition juxtaposes Milton's own writings with texts and images from later centuries to examine the achievements of his life and the endurance of his writings and example. The currents of his influence have run sometimes forcefully, sometimes more gently, but Milton has never lost his place as an outstanding European poet and a compelling figure in the Western radical tradition."

"Auf der Plattform e-rara.ch werden digitalisierte alte Drucke aus Schweizer Bibliotheken öffentlich und kostenlos angeboten. Einen ersten Schwerpunkt bilden die Schweizer Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts. Weitere thematische Angebote sind in der Rubrik weitere Kollektionen zusammengestellt. "

"Historical Maps. Experience five of the world's most beautiful old maps and discover their secrets!"

"Coproduite par la Direction du livre et de la lecture et l'Institut de recherche et d'histoire des textes (CNRS), liés par un programme conjoint depuis 1979, la base Enluminures propose la consultation gratuite de plus de 80 000 images, sous forme de vignette et de plein écran, reproductions numériques des enluminures et éléments de décor de plus de 4 000 manuscrits médiévaux conservés dans une centaine de bibliothèques municipales françaises. Enluminures bénéficie du soutien de la Mission de la recherche et de la technologie du ministère de la culture et de la communication et du plan de numérisation des fonds culturels publics. Administrée par le département des systèmes d.information du ministère, Enluminures propose une interrogation multicritère portant sur les manuscrits eux-mêmes (affichage d'une notice par manuscrit) ou sur leur décor (affichage d'une notice par élément de décor). Les notices des manuscrits comprennent des informations sur le contenu, l'historique et la décoration de l'ouvrage. Les notices sur la décoration reprennent ces données augmentées principalement du sujet. Les notices sont établies par l'IRHT, avec le concours des bibliothèques. Les données sont mises à jour régulièrement."

Au lendemain de la paix de Nimègue qui met fin à la guerre de Hollande, Louis XIV vient de faire de la France la plus florissante monarchie du monde. Il est aussi le protecteur des sciences et des arts et les deux globes que Coronelli lui dédie magnifient l'image d'un monde pacifié qui lui offre, grâce au commerce et à la navigation, toutes les ressources des contrées les plus lointaines.\nLes Globes de Louis XIV devaient présenter les connaissances scientifiques de l'époque, mais aussi célébrer la gloire du Roi, témoigner de sa mission "terrestre" comme de son origine "céleste".

"Die folgenden Seiten zeigen eine thematisch gegliederte Auswahl von Karten aus meiner Sammlung. Zusäzlich ist auch die komplette Liste aller bisher gescannten Karten abrufbar. Dieser Webauftritt befindet sich erst im Aufbau; weitere Karten sowie Hintergrundinformationen zu den Karten und zur Kartographiegeschichte der Schweiz werden laufend dazukommen. Das Wählen und Anzeigen von Ausschnitten (bis zu 800 x 800 Pixel) ist nun für jede Karte möglich. Zudem kann die Auflösung (75, 150 oder 300 dpi) gewählt werden. "

"Das Virtuelle Kupferstichkabinett ist ein Kooperationsprojekt des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums (HAUM) in Braunschweig und der Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB) in Wolfenbüttel. Es begann im April 2007 und wird von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft gefördert. Ziel des Projektes ist die virtuelle Zusammenführung repräsentativer Teile der Graphiksammlungen der beiden Institutionen, darunter ehemals zusammengehörige herzogliche Bestände, die heute verteilt im Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum und in der Herzog August Bibliothek liegen. Der Schwerpunkt der Auswahl liegt auf Druckgraphik bis zum Jahre 1800. Im Kupferstichkabinett des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums steht bei der Erfassung die deutsche Graphik von den Einblattholzschnitten des 15. Jahrhunderts bis zur Epochengrenze um 1800 im Mittelpunkt. In der Herzog August Bibliothek bildet der wichtige Zusammenhang von Graphik und Buch im europäischen Kontext einen Schwerpunkt. "

"The Old Testament in Medieval Manuscript Illumination"

"Created in Utrecht, The Netherlands, around 1440, the manuscript was taken apart sometime before 1856. Its leaves were shuffled and then rebound into two volumes to make each look more or less complete. The first part was acquired by the duke of Arenberg, whose descendants owned it until 1957, when it was bought by New York dealer H. P. Kraus, who sold it to Alistair Bradley Martin. This volume had been known by scholars as the "Hours of Catherine of Cleves." Meanwhile, the second part had been acquired by the Rothschild family, who kept their manuscripts secret. In 1963 their volume was sold to the Morgan as yet another "Hours of Catherine of Cleves." Studying the newly acquired book (it became MS M.917) along with the Martin volume, Morgan curator John Plummer determined that they were actually two halves of one and the same codex. In 1964 the Morgan mounted an exhibition of both volumes, displaying all the miniatures via color transparencies. When a facsimile of the manuscript was published by George Braziller in 1966, the exhibition was repeated. Finally, in 1970, the Morgan was able to buy the Martin volume (it became MS M.945), and thus came to own both parts of this greatest of all Dutch manuscripts. Both volumes have been disbound in preparation for rebinding the leaves in proper order."

Printing the Grand Manner: Charles Le Brun and Monumental Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, Getty Center Exhibition, May 18-October 17, 2010"

"LONDON - If you were unlucky enough to belong to the "lowest class, vicious and semi-criminal," your street appeared on the map in black. Dark blue meant that you were "very poor," and pale blue "poor." Purple suggested that you lived on a more respectable "mixed" street, while pink was "comfortable" and red "well-to-do." Best of all was for your street to be colored yellow for "wealthy." This simple color-coding system translated a labyrinth of sociological and economic research into something that everyone could understand. It was devised for Booth's Poverty Map, a series of maps made from 1886 to 1903 by a British philanthropist, Charles Booth, which showed the relative wealth - or otherwise - of the occupants of every street in London. "