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Liber de Laudibus Sanctae Crucis / Maurus, Rabanus., 1972

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Identifier: CC-06541-6660

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Scope and Contents

There are 28 shaped poems in this book that was adapted from a manuscript in which the calligraphers who did the writing were supervised by Maurus. Three copies of this manuscript were made. A facsimile of one of them is held by the Sackner Archive a in the images from the manuscript in some of them. The black letters were made with lead type and the red letters with woodcut type. Includes reproductions of 28 shaped poems and two paintings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1972

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book + pages (facsimile) (88 pages)) ; 42.9 x 32 x 2.3 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

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Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: Vienna, Austria : Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Nationality of creator: German. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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