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D S H (Dom Sylvester Houédard), 1924-1992

 Person

Found in 1306 Collections and/or Records:

une bonne dizaine de miracles pour benvautier (200266) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Ben., 1966

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Identifier: CC-56023-9999476
Scope and Contents

The title translates to one of about ten good miracles by Ben Vautier. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

une dizaine de miracles pour benvautier (200266) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Ben., 1966

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Identifier: CC-56027-9999479
Scope and Contents

The title translates to one of about ten miracles by Ben Vautier. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

ur anus / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-55786-9999316
Scope and Contents

The handwritten text on the verso is "ursnue." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

vajra thunder bolt (270368) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-56303-9999731
Scope and Contents

The image is of a 3D triangular construction of slashes and dashes with a narrowed middle portion. Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond. it is also a common male name in Tibet and Bhutan. Additionally it is a symbolic ritual object that symbolizes both the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force). The vajra is used symbolically by the Dharma traditions of Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, often to represent firmness of spirit and spiritual power. The use of the vajra as a symbolic and ritual tool spread from India along with Indian religion and culture to other parts of East and Southeast Asia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

veda ho Rd / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-55792-9999322
Scope and Contents

This is a play on the name Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

[vertical tower] (010267) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1967

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Identifier: CC-56137-9999580
Scope and Contents

The tower, resembling a skyscraper, is composed of slashes and dashes with upper and lower butresses and a vertical illegible title at the top. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Vir Dei / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1956

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Identifier: CC-55475-59802
Scope and Contents

Vir Dei translated from the Latin to Englsih means God Hero. The image deoicts a Nun reading a book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1956

VISITS TO PRINKNASH ABBEY AND POTTERY / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1989

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Identifier: CC-56488-9999893
Scope and Contents

This unfolded sheet contains the visiting hours, tour schedule, catering, pottery factory shops and other details including a hand-drawn map for visiting the abbey. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Visual Poetries / Houedard, Dom Sylvester ; Furnival J ; Brett G ; Medalla D., 1971

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Identifier: CC-31366-32843
Scope and Contents

The cover depicts a detail of a portrait of Houedard by John Furnival. The exhibition catalogue lists 50 works by Houedard including eight plastic laminate poems. The introductory essay was written by Guy Brett. There are also extracts from Houedard's writings and a letter to David Medalla printed in the catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Vita Communi / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1952

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Identifier: CC-55320-9999069
Scope and Contents

In the image it appears like people are sharing bread. According to a personal communication from Charles Verey to the Sackners, Houedard was alternating his time in Prinknash Abbey and Rome, Italy from October 1951 to July 1954. He believed that most of the visual art was done in Rome. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1952

[W T M] / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1963

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Identifier: CC-57557-10000834
Scope and Contents

The folded paper is folded and the dense typed letteres are centered. This work was in the scrapbook of John Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

[W T M] / Dom Sylvester Houedard., 1963

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Identifier: CC-57557-10000834
Scope and Contents

The folded paper is folded and the dense typed letteres are centered. This work was in the scrapbook of John Furnival. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1963

was an old woman lived in the buddhashoe (290663-060763) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1963

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Identifier: CC-08879-9055
Scope and Contents This page includes 11 typewriter poems including a oiem in five parts as an homage to Leopold Sedar Senghor. Wikipedia: Léopold Sédar Senghor (9 October 1906 "“ 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who for two decades served as the first president of Senegal (1960"“1980). Senghor was the first African elected as a member of the Académie française. Before independence, he founded the political party called the Senegalese Democratic Bloc. He is regarded by many as one of the most important African intellectuals of the 20th century. He graduated from the University of Paris, where he received the Agrégation in French Grammar. Subsequently, he was designated professor at the universities of Tours and Paris, where he taught during the period 1935"“1945. Senghor decided to start his teaching years at the Lycée René-Descartes in Tours; he also taught at the Lycée Marcelin Berthelot in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses near Paris.[14] He also studied linguistics...
Dates: 1963