Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy Barbara Heller

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy Barbara HellerNOW AVAILABLE! The incredible story of the first director of the Morgan Library: a visionary Black woman who walked confidently in an early twentieth century mans world of wealth and privilege. When J. P. Morgans personal library opened as a public institution in 1924, the choice for its first director was an obvious one: Belle da Costa Greene (18791950). Not only had she organized and catalogued the collection, she had significantly expanded its

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Casting Eve’s shadow over medieval women

has written a deeply researched essay on the artist and his work

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for purpose and for a connection to the divine

illuminated by a rich trove of visual material including music manuscripts

Morris vividly brings the men and their times to life

Medieval people are often portrayed as having poor hygiene and table manners―licking their knives or throwing chicken bones on the floor

This is the first guide to reading hieroglyphs that begins with Egyptian monuments themselves

Artistic Houses comprised more than 200 photographs of the interiors of the homes of the well-to-do

White outlines on black scratch-off pages create a fun way for younger children to trace the pictures

From 1912 until his death in 1954