Charlotte Brontë's The Professor
This is the only surviving manuscript of The Professor, the first of four novels by the English author Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855).
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Digital Facsimiles
Kálmáncsehi-Liechtenstein codex
Kálmáncsehi-Liechtenstein codex, Buda, Hungary, 1481, MS G.7
Christina Chalon Album
Browse this 18th century album of drawings by Dutch artist Christina Chalon and etchings after her designs.
Read Album of Persian Paintings and Calligraphy
Browse this album of Persian and Mughal paintings begun by Husain Khān Shāmlū, governor of Herat (r. 1598–1618).
Antonio Galli Bibiena Album
Antonio Galli Bibiena, 1697-1774, Drawings for Architectural Inventions Including Interiors of Churches and Theaters and Views of Gardens, 18th century, 1982.75:97 (1-101).
Friedrich Preller Sketchbook
Friedrich Preller, 1804–1878, Sketchbook, 1864, Thaw Collection, 2003.44.
Divina Commedia
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321, Divina commedia, Florence, Italy, 1345–1355, MS M.676.
William Blake's Pickering Manuscript
This manuscript in William Blake's hand is the sole source for seven of his poems, including “Auguries of Innocence.”
Biblia pauperum [Blockbook] (PML 1.1–2)
Explore this late-medieval book produced entirely from woodcuts.
Apocalypse of Saint John [Blockbook] (PML 21786)
Explore this late-medieval book produced entirely from woodcuts.
Sometimes I Get Emotion from the Game
Browse this ode to the basketball and football players of Overtown from the early 1980s by artist Purvis Young (1943–2010).
Stuart Davis's Diary, 1920–1922
Browse the earliest known diary kept by the American artist Stuart Davis (1892–1964).