a nifty library

so yesterday was hannah's

orientation at syracuse university's bird libraary 

special collections

peter verheyan gave us a tour, fed us

and off they toodled, and

off i tootled

 i love how the old paper sucks up ink

and the desire unerstand

the natural world

is with us still

(and we still understand so little)

 vovelles are my favorite parts

of kinesthetic books

 see how this on sits on the page

 with a tiny bit of added yellow pigment

 1574

 and there was this small psalter

with an amazing illuminated letter

 on vellum

 see how it rests in the interior

 then there were these funny birds

after a tasty lunch

good conversation with 

six people who love books as objects

as well as their bookness,

i spent time with this stack of books.

 look at those lines,

the gold leaf

and below the green pigment

hannah starts work in a week or so.

go to see the power & the piety

the world of medieval and renaissance europe

at the 

special collections research library

a little jewel of an exhibit.