From: owner-scribes@castle.org (scribes digest) To: scribes-digest@castle.org Subject: scribes digest V4 #65 Reply-To: Sender: owner-scribes@castle.org Errors-To: owner-scribes@castle.org Precedence: bulk scribes digest Monday, November 13 2000 Volume 04 : Number 065 ======================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with unsubscribe scribes-digets in the body of the message. Leave the subject line blank. Do not include any additional text. Re: [scribes]: Fw: Galleria degli Uffizi ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 08:51:41 -0500 From: "Helen Schultz" Subject: Re: [scribes]: Fw: Galleria degli Uffizi Teresa: On the surface this page looks interesting, but you cannot get large pictures without registering with them, many artists did not have any pictures linked to them, and many early pieces were only B&W. I was not overly impressed... sorry. KHvS - ----- Original Message ----- "Teresa McCartney" Galleria degli UffiziJust in case anyone wants to look at some truly > fabulous artwork... > the Uffizi Gallery in Italy is now online at > http://www.televisual.net/uffizi/indice.html > > > Teresa le Marchant > West, Mists, Crosston Now the following was reported on the MidLaurel e-list, which is of some interest to us... I don't know if it will be going further west than to Nashville, but the planned CD sounds most interesting. KHvS ~~~~~~~~~~~~ begin forward ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Anyone within striking distance of Philadelphia or Nashville may be >interested in the exhibition "Leaves of Gold: Treasures of Manuscript >Illumination from Philadelphia Collections." This choice gathering of >80 objects will be on display from March 10 - May 13, 2001 in >Philadelphia and during Fall 2001 in Nashville. Preliminary information >can be found at: > >http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/exhibits/leavesgold.shtml > >I'm working on the educational programming, CD-ROM and expanded web site >for this exhibition. In Philadelphia, the related exhibitions will >include one on everyday manuscripts for everyday life at the Free >Library of Philadelphia, and an exhibition of manuscripts owned by a >private collector at the University of Pennsylvania Library. The CD-ROM >will contain an in-depth look at seven manuscripts representing the >seven types of materials (Bible, psalter, book of hours, antiphonal, >etc.) exhibited; the web site will allow users to enjoy more images from >the codices than can be displayed either at the exhibition or in the >full catalog. The catalog will, however, include full-color >reproductions of the most striking openings from all of the objects. > >I'm especially excited about an educational outreach project we're >putting together for young learners, "The Traveling Scriptorium." This >will introduce students to what was involved in the preparation of >medieval manuscripts, and will include a hands-on component in which >they create a "medieval page" on parchment-like paper with calligraphic >markers and faux gold leaf. We will have a local book artist take on the >character of a member of the [probably] French book trade in [also >probably] the later fourteenth to early fifteenth century. One of our >goals with this project is to create a model that other organizations >can use to introduce this fascinating topic to students. > >I do urge anyone within traveling distance of Philadelphia, especially, >to come here for the exhibition. This is magnificent stuff, a lot of it >never before exhibited, both at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and at >the two libraries. It will be well worth a weekend, and Philadelphia is >lovely in the spring. There will be a related seminar at the Free >Library on the weekend of April 22-23. > >When the web sites go up I'll post the URLs. > > >Regards, >Laura Blanchard >lblanch001@aol.com =================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list, send email to with a blank Subject: line and unsubscribe scribes in the body of the message. Do not include any additional text in the body. ------------------------------ End of scribes digest V4 #65 ****************************