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  • THE MORGAN SHOWCASES ONE OF ITS GREATEST ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS— THE THIRTEENTH-CENTURY CRUSADER BIBLE

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    On view beginning October 17, this exhibition offers visitors the rare opportunity to view over forty folios from The Crusader Bible, the work of seven unknown artists who were clearly masters in their day.
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  • European Blockbooks: Print-on-Demand in the 15th Century

     

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  • "Lose not heart": J. D. Salinger's Letters to an Aspiring Writer

    September 10, 2013, through January 12, 2014
    The Morgan will present the first public presentation of nine revealing letters and postcards written by J. D. Salinger to Marjorie Sheard, an aspiring Canadian writer, between 1941 and 1943.
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  • THE MORGAN CELEBRATES MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE WITH AN EXHIBITION OF MASTERWORKS FROM THE WORLD’S GREATEST PRIVATE COLLECTION

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    Exhibition brings together nearly one hundred outstanding works from the collection, including first editions, manuscripts, letters, and revised galley proofs.
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  • HANS MEMLING’S TRIPTYCH OF JAN CRABBE REUNITED IN LANDMARK EXHIBITION AT THE MORGAN

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    Completed around 1470 in Bruges, Hans Memling’s extraordinary Triptych of Jan Crabbe was dismantled centuries ago and the parts were scattered.
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  • THE MORGAN TO DISPLAY ITS RARELY SEEN COLLECTION OF SPANISH DRAWINGS

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    Show explores the prominent role of drawing in Spanish art and considers the influence of the church and the inquisition on artists in Spain.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM COMMEMORATES THE U.S. SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL WITH INSTALLATION OF AMERICANA FROM THE COLLECTION INCLUDING A RARE COPY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

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  • Morgan's Bibles: Splendor in Scripture

    Jesse R. Erickson, Astor Curator of Printed Books & Bindings, and John Bidwell, Curator Emeritus, discuss the Bible as a cornerstone of religion, art, and literature in the western world.

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  • Charles Dickens at 200

    September 23, 2011 through February 12, 2012
    Charles Dickens at 200 celebrates the bicentennial of the great writer's birth in 1812 with manuscripts of his novels and stories, letters, books, photographs, original illustrations, and caricatures.
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  • Contes de ma mère l'Oye

    This is the original manuscript of the Tales of Mother Goose, attributed to Charles Perrault (1628–1702).

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