Word: manuscript
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Secretary Morgenthau got to his feet for his rebuttal, the applause was more polite than enthusiastic. It was to come far more spontaneously as, adjusting his pince-nez and reading carefully from manuscript, the Secretary presented on every fiscal front positions which, while for the most part they were neither novel nor complete, were nonetheless the most satisfying public words Business has heard from Washington since the inception of its "Breathing Spell" two years...
...cover of an early manuscript book is a heavy chain, with inch-long links, by which the volume was attached to its shelf in the days before printing had made books plentiful. On the other hand, the exhibit shows, when printing was invented, binders thought that manuscripts were useless and often cut up beautifully illuminated pages to make stiffening for bindings...
...display includes a few of the best known masterpieces of Persian manuscript illumination, as well as 40 to 50 examples of glazed and luster wares decorated for the most part with brilliantly colored ornament and drawing...
...most highly prized item is the Morgan loan, a thirteenth century bestiary, the "Description of Animals" of Ibn Bakhtishu, the earliest known manuscript of the Mongol period of Persian art. The book was copied for the Emperor Ghazan Khan, of the Genghis Khan dynasty, and contains 94 colored drawings of animal subjects...
...Other manuscript treasures include depictions of the battles and adventures of the here Rustam; curious drawings of early automatic inventions; scenes from daily life and portraits...