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THE MORGAN TO PRESENT OVER ONE HUNDRED NEW DRAWINGS ACQUISITIONS THIS SPRING

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

The Morgan Library & Museum's collection of drawings from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century has grown dramatically over the last few years. Beginning May 31, more than one hundred of these new additions will be featured in an exhibition titled Old Masters, Newly Acquired.

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Press release date

Thursday, July 18, 2019

The Morgan Library & Museum announces its 2019–2020 season of Music at the Morgan, celebrating the intersection between art, literature, and music with engaging concerts inspired by its collections and exhibitions and performed by leading artists of today.

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Reuerendissimus dominus dominicus ep[iscop]us Brixien[sis] summi pontificis Sixti uicarius hanc p[re]fatione[m] moralibus beati Gregorii pape inseruit.

Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604.

PML 16365

Classification

Incunable Collection

Department

Printed Books

In commodu[m] ruralium.

Crescenzi, Pietro de', approximately 1233-approximately 1320.

PML 191

Classification

Incunable Collection

Department

Printed Books

Heroides.

Created

Florence, Italy, between 1350 and 1399.

Display Date

between 1350 and 1399.

Accession number

MS M.810

Classification

Manuscript

Department

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

A letter from Mr. Burke to a member of the National assembly ; in answer to some objections to his book on French affairs.

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

Paris : Printed ; London : Re-printed for J. Dodsley, 1791.

PML 136441.2

Classification

Book

Department

Printed Books

Autograph letters signed (8) and autograph signatures to 2 letters : to Louis XIV of France, 1664 Nov. 19 to 1671 Aug. 1.

Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, 1634-1675.

1664 Nov. 19 to 1671 Aug. 1.

MA Unassigned

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Autograph signatures to letters (35) : Madrid, to the Marquis de Velada, Spanish Ambassador to England, 1636 June 29-1641 Mar. 29.

Philip IV, King of Spain, 1605-1665.

1636 June 29-1641 Mar. 29.

MA Unassigned

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Signature to letter : "Stepney," to Jean de Dinteville, ambassador of Francis I to the court of Henry VIII, (1533 ?) Sept. 15.

Cromwell, Thomas, Earl of Essex, 1485?-1540.

(1533 ?) Sept. 15.

MA Unassigned

Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts

Collection in Focus: St. Edmund

Take a closer look at this 900 year old English manuscript with Dei Jackson, Assistant Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts as she tells the story of St. Edmund.

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