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  • Book of hours (MS H.5).

    Created
    Paris, France, ca. 1500.
    Accession number
    MS H.5
    Classification
    Manuscript
    Department
    Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

  • Shāhnāma.

    Created
    Probably Shīrāz, Iran, between 1852 and 1856.
    Display Date
    between 1852 and 1856.
    Accession number
    MS H.9
    Classification
    Manuscript
    Department
    Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

  • Treasures from the Vault

    May 7 through October 6, 2013
    Highlights from this season's selection include a mid-fifteenth-century English cooking scroll; autograph music manuscripts by Wagner, Verdi, and Britten; the first book printed in the English language; letters from Jane Austen and Albert Einstein; and photographer Edward Steichen's famous portrait of Pierpont Morgan.
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  • Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, ca. 800–1500

    Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, ca. 800–1500, offers a sweeping overview of manuscript production in the Holy Roman Empire, one of the most impressive chapters in the history of medieval art.

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  • Writing a Chrysanthemum: The Drawings of Rick Barton

    Very little is known about Rick Barton (1928–1992), who, between 1958 and 1962, created hundreds of drawings of striking originality.

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  • Entrance to the Mind: Drawings by George Condo in the Morgan Library & Museum

    February 24 through May 14, 2023
    In 2021, the Morgan acquired twenty-eight drawings by American artist George Condo (b. 1957) that offer an overview of his career over the last forty-five years. Drawing, or “visual thinking” as he calls it, is central to Condo’s practice, which centers around the figure.
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  • Nora Thompson Dean: Lenape Teacher and Herbalist

    June 6 through September 17, 2023
    An exhibition in the Rotunda and an installation in the Garden in Summer 2023, developed collaboratively with the Lenape Center and Hudson Valley Farm Hub, honors Nora Thompson Dean (1907–1984), a Lenape teacher and herbalist who worked to preserve Lenape culture.
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  • THE MORGAN CELEBRATES ACQUISITION OF UNIQUE EDITIONS OF MAN BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING NOVELS, INCLUDING HILARY MANTEL'S WOLF HALL

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    From May 5 to May 17 the Morgan Library & Museum will hold a special pop-up exhibition celebrating the acquisition of several unique books by authors connected to Britain’s Man Booker Prize.
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  • In the Margins

    May 5 through May 17, 2015
    From May 5 to May 17 the Morgan Library & Museum will hold a special pop-up exhibition celebrating the acquisition of several unique books by authors connected to Britain’s Man Booker Prize.
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  • THE MORGAN CELEBRATES ESTEEMED COLLECTORS RICHARD AND MARY GRAY’S REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS

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    The Morgan Library & Museum proudly presents an exhibition celebrating the remarkable collection of drawings assembled by one of America’s foremost art dealers, Richard Gray, and his wife, the art historian Mary L. Gray.
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