A Christmassy selection for this week's Rare Book of the Week, a Bible (both Old and New Testaments…
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The oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments which dates to the Late Roman-Byzantine period (ca. 300–800 CE) has been sold for $5,040,000 at Sotheby’s New York, achieving well above its pre-sale estimate of $1m – $2m. The 115-pound marble artifact inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew was…
Various pieces of Americana and celebrity memorabilia are under the hammer at RR Auction in a sale ending tomorrow.
Highlights of the Encapsulated Auction which ends on December 19 include:
Our regular look at new books that have recently caught the eye of our print and online editors this month. The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries by Andrew Hui
A handwritten manuscript by Sir Isaac Newton exploring the origins of the Nicene Creed and the true doctrine of Christ has sold for $69,870 at RR Auction's latest Fine Autographs and Artifacts auction.
Here are the sales I'll be watching this week:
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art's exhibition An Epic of Kings: The Great Mongol Shahnama focuses on the first imperial copy of Iran’s national epic, Firdawsi’s Shahnama or Book of Kings.The manuscript, completed sometime between 1330 and 1336 in Tabriz, the capital of the Ilkhanids,…
As the world commemorates the centennial of James Baldwin’s birth, Brooklyn Public Library has opened its Turkey Saved My Life - Baldwin in Istanbul, 1961–1971 exhibition featuring rare photographs by Turkish photographer Sedat Pakay.Running through February 28, 2025 in the Grand Lobby of the…
A $5m gift from historian Elizabeth A.R. Brown in addition to her professional papers will reinforce the Penn Libraries’ position as a leader for research in medieval studies. The bequest from Brown, who died in August aged 92, will establish an archive preserving the professional papers of…
Romance, once relegated to the back of the bookstore, is having a moment, which many attribute to the desire for a story with a happy ending during a time of global turmoil (see our article on Collecting Romance Fiction). It is now the highest-grossing genre in fiction and, in most stores, the…
A complete collection of the books published by Kelmscott Press during its seven-year existence will be offered at Bonhams in New York on December 17.
