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...Layla and Majnun” books, two of which are Persian. The most compelling part of the collection, the books attest to the value of the exhibit as living history. “Layla and Majnun Embracing Surrounded by Wild Animals” is a 16th century Iranian folio that features a bold orange illustration of the lovers and artfully arranged text spanning across the book’s center. Colorful as any children’s book today, another book’s illustration, “Majnun Visits the Ka’aba,” features Majnun...
...Consider that courthouse auction. When a homeowner loses a house to foreclosure, the property is publicly auctioned on the county courthouse steps in an atmosphere that's often chaotic and crowded with lawyers, bank representatives and onlookers. A folio number is called and the bidding begins. Within a minute, the whole thing is over and the house has a new owner, who has to pay for his purchase with cash, sometimes...
Other scholars will no doubt snicker at Greer's theories - particularly her final assertion that Anne financed the posthumous publishing of Shakespeare's "First Folio," which included 36 plays, 18 of which had not been published before, like The Tempest and Macbeth. But Greer's conjecture, founded on careful research, probably contains more truth than the commonly accepted prejudice does. The poet of marriage may very well have understood what his wife endured, and her devotion to him: "In his plays women are shown time and time again to be constant in love through months and years of separation," Greer...
...those who love literature, the 73-year-old Folger Shakespeare Library, tel: (1-202) 544 4600; www.folger.edu, has the world's largest collection of the Bard's memorabilia and printed works-even beating collections in his native England, says director Gail Kern Paster. The first folio from 1623 is one of the Folger's most prized Shakespeare rarities. There are also non-Shakespeare engravings, artifacts and writings from 1500 to 1800. Special exhibits have included letter writing-which featured correspondence among sweethearts and an unopened letter written by King George I-from the same time frame. The library houses...
...dentist). For those who love literature, the 73-year-old Folger Shakespeare Library, tel: (1-202) 544 4600; www.folger.edu, has the world's largest collection of the Bard's memorabilia and printed works - even beating collections in his native England, says director Gail Kern Paster. The first folio from 1623 is one of the Folger's most prized Shakespeare rarities. There are also non-Shakespeare engravings, artifacts and writings from 1500 to 1800. Special exhibits have included letter writing - which featured correspondence among sweethearts and an unopened letter written by King George I - from the same time frame. The library...