Browse Exhibits (72 total)
"Romanum museum, sive Thesaurus eruditae antiquitatis" by Michaelis Angeli de La Chausse (1707)
This exhibit features four pages from Michaelis Angeli de La Chausse's Romanum museum, sive Thesaurus eruditae antiquitatis. The book includes many images of Roman emblems, everyday Roman household items, Roman philosophers, and Roman mythological gods and goddesses. The text in the book is in Latin and briefly introduces the images and the objects / people depicted in the images.
Digital photos of selected pages from the original book are published within this exhibit. Belonging to the Tisch Library Special Collections, La Chausse's book was published in 1707. Besides a few stains and slight yellowing, the book is in good condition.
Descriptions of Religions and Customs of People Outside of Europe
This 18th century book, originally written in French and illustrated by Bernard Picart then translated to Dutch by Abraham Moubach, features information on and images depicting religion, objects, and customs of several different ethnic groups and cultures outside of Europe, with somewhat of an emphasis on the indigenious people of the Americas.
The book is in good condition, with the pages fraying and yellowing a bit on the edges, but with very few tears and none significantly large.
Since the pages featuring the engraved illustrations are actually original from the French version of the book, there is also a notable artifact of this translation that remained after the moving of the original French image pages to the Dutch version which has been noted in the exhibit.
"Le Fabriche, E Vedute Di Venetia" by Lucas Carlevarjis
This Exhibit features six pages from Lucas Carlevarjis's, "Le Fabriche, E Vedute Di Venetia." This book is a series of Prints of different sites of Venice. While the artists for each of the prints have not been mentioned the publisher of this book is Lucas Carlevarjis. He published this book, in dedication to the Doge of Venice in 1703.
The items that this exhibit includes are the Title Page, Dedication Page, Paste Down Page and the first, third and fifteenth pages of the book. These pages give us the information about the title, when it was made, who it was made by, who it was made for and examples of some of the prints which are focusing on the views of churches in Venice.
Blome, “Britannia: or, A geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland”
Published in 1687, this books is a geographical account and recording of familial terretories in England, Scotland, and Ireland, including maps and coats of arms. Each coat of arms is represented in a physical territory within the maps of the book.
Full Title of the work:
Britannia: or, A geographical description of the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, with the isles and territories their to belonging: and for the better perfecting of the said work, there is added an alphabetical table of names, titles, and seats of the nobility and gentry that each country of England and Wales is or lately was, enabled with: illustrated with a map of each country of England, besides several general ones.
Two folia of notated music in Tufts University MS 24
The first musical sequence in MS 24, with the incipit Ave virgo virginum, was copied in Northern Italy in the late 13th or early 14th century. It precedes another sequence, Tibi cordis in altari, which was copied at that same time. Both texts are most likely of Dominican origin. This exhibit focuses on the Ave virgo virginum sequence, the first of the two; more information on the Tibi cordis in altari sequence can be found here.
Artists/Innovators: SMFA at Tufts, Continuing Education Spring 2020 Student Exhibition
ARTISTS/INNOVATORS:
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Continuing Education
Spring 2020 Student Exhibition - online
Art is a part of our lives every day; so much so that we often don’t see it. Art touches us, informs us, inspires us and begs us to learn more.
In a very short span of time in early 2020, society has had to learn new ways to live, function, teach and learn. Like students everywhere, SMFA CE students were required to innovate, express, work and comprehend in new ways. We have faced a challenge and risen to the occasion. The artwork in this exhibition reflects what we feel, have learned, and our ability to continue to make art, because that is what artists do.
This exhibition is presented through the Tufts Libraries Omeka online exhibit site, and we wish to thank the libraries for giving us this space and assisting us in presenting this exhibition. We offer special recognition to Daria Semco, Andrea Schuler and Janet Sartor for their support and efforts to make this possible. Artists/Innovators is truly a collaborative effort, co-organized by Jason Rathman, who would also like to thank the contributing artists and his professor of photography, Joanna Tam.
Please email comments or questions to smfaCE@tufts.edu.
Copyright for all images in this exhibit are held by their respective creators.
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Tufts University MS 24: "Tibi cordis in altari" sequence
The second of two sequences in Tufts University MS 24, with the incipit Tibi cordis in altari, appears on folia 250r and 250v of this Dominican Miscellany. The sequence is likely of 13th century Dominican origin, follows a contemporary Dominican sequence, with the incipit Ave virgo virginum; more can be read about this sequence here.
Rhetoric of Redemption: Works and Inspirations of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass, an American writer, social reformer, and orator, was one of the most influential and revered leaders of the abolitionist movement in the 19th century. He wrote three autobiographies that detailed the harrowing experiences of his enslavement in Maryland and his subsequent escape to freedom. Douglass supported women's suffrage and the rights of freed slaves after the Civil War. His words stand as a testament to Black Americans' fight for equality and justice.
Ars et Scientia
Welcome to the homepage of the 2022 exhibit Ars et Scientia: The Intersection of Science and Arts in Early Modern Woodcuts. To see photos and videos of the exhibit itself, click "The Exhibition." For information on the contents, click "The Items." To see the zine created for this exhibit, click "The Zine."
Ars et Scientia explores how woodcuts were used to depict scientific breakthroughs and improvements during the early modern period. The books in this exhibit range from the late 1400s to the mid-1600s and all include white- or black-line woodcuts. All are housed in Tisch Special Collections, and you can request to view them in person through JumboSearch.
iPhone in the Vault: Inside Tisch Special Collections
In September 2020, the contraints of the pandemic prevented Tisch Library Special Collections from meeting classes and researchers in person. "iPhone in the Vault" was a five-week exploration via Instagram of the rare books collection and the work of the students, professors, and donors who make up our community.
