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Scope and Contents Reproductions of representative pages of an artist book by Katz. Burnt Book is dedicated to the memory of the uncountable codices burned by Friar Diego de Landa, in Mani, Yucatán in June 1562, as part of a series of autos-da-fé carried out under his orders. In Account of the Affairs of Yucatán, a document written in part as a brief to defend himself before the Council of Indies, de Landa recounts: "These people [the Maya] also used certain glyphs or letters in which they wrote down their ancient history and sciences in their books; and by means of these letters and figures and by certain marks contained in them, they could read about their affairs and taught others to read about them too. We found a great number of these books in Indian characters and because they contained nothing but superstition and the Devil's falsehoods, we burned them all; and this they felt most bitterly and it caused them great grief." Burnt Book, made five hundred years after the first voyage of Columbus...

Dates: 1992

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Burnt Matches: Burnt Matches of Lamps / Tozik, Andrey., 1997

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Identifier: CC-35783-37540

Scope and Contents

The drawing consists of four lines of handprinted Russian letters at the top and four lines along the right side. There are images of six twisted burnt matches of diminishing size at the lower left corner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Burnt Matches: Nevemore Never / Tozik, Andrey., 1997

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Identifier: CC-35784-37541

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The drawing consists of a scattered stencil-like Russian letters background for six twisted burnt matches in its center. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Burnt Matches: The material / Tozik, Andrey., 1997

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Identifier: CC-35782-37539

Scope and Contents

The drawing consists of five columns of Russian letters that form the background for the image of five twisted burnt matches. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Busta Sorpresa. No.25/Jan / Carla Bertola, editor ; Boschi A ; Savoi A ; Emmy E ; Strada G ; Lora-Totino A ; Ratti E ; Pennacchi W ; Bandini P ; Reichert B ; Basso U., 2006

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Identifier: CC-47297-50040

Dates: 2006

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Periodicals

Busy Body: Person Having Once Spoken / Stine, Richard., 1977

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Identifier: CC-42082-44083

Dates: 1977

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Busy Body: Person Having Once Spoken / Stine, Richard., 1977

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Identifier: CC-42083-44084

Dates: 1977

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Butt Wipe, 1998

Item — Box 136: [Barcode: 31858072457843]

Identifier: CC-33248-34878

Scope and Contents

The expression "butt wipe" is written as a grid obsessively on the entire roll of toilet paper. The box was made by Sloy's husband, Nic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / ARTIST BOOKS AND POETRY/BOOK OBJECTS / nic and sloy / sloy

Butterfly Garden / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Thomson, George L.., 1979

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Identifier: CC-11790-12009

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The word "butterfly" is written on each card in a different style. This work consists of an Illustrated envelope with enclosures. The illustration is of a twig with buds (in green) which has a label attached to it (in brown) with the word 'Butterfly'. The illustration is entitled Butterfly Garden. The envelope contains twelve tags made of yellow card , with a hole at one end and the word 'Butterfly' in either brown or blue, and in varying styles. Twelve small string ties are also enclosed, of fine, white silky cotton (or possibly silk). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

butterfly / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1968

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Identifier: CC-55789-9999319

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

Dates: 1968

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

[Buttons] / Jan Baker., 2003

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Identifier: CC-41457-43442

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These are samples of Jan Baker designed fabric covered buttons in two sizes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

[Buttons] / Jan Baker., 2003

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Identifier: CC-41457-43442

Scope and Contents

These are samples of Jan Baker designed fabric covered buttons in two sizes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Poem and Book Objects

[Cabalist Book], 1992

Item — Box 255: [Barcode: 31858072458247]

Identifier: CC-07238-7381

Scope and Contents

The artist writes "This book is a visual manifestation of my musings after a night in the Scriptorium Sackner. It may be read from either direction, or opened randomly. It is given with thanks and affection." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992