Johann Faust - Höllenzwang (17th c.). [x]
At the beginning of the 17th century, a book of black magic was published, attributed to the mythical Faust and known by the title Höllenzwang. The library in Weimar owned a manuscript of this text, which Goethe was aware of. The document, which is difficult to date, is written in cabalistic signs and, according to a German gloss, contains a series of magic spells for exorcists.
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Jeypore Portfolio
It’s Sunday, and time for another visit to the Jeypore Portfolio of Architectural Details, published in twelve volumes by Bernard Quaritch between 1890 and 1913. This week we focus on details from plates in volume 7, “String and Band Patterns.”
This portfolio set was researched by Milwaukee artists Nirmal Raja and Cynthia Hayes to make new work for the UWM Libraries-initiated Look Here! Project. Our head of Special Collections Max Yela in collaboration with Milwaukee artist and master papermaker Dara Larson also used patterns from this portfolio to create watermarks and paper-pulp prints for two handmade-paper installations. Fifteen artists are participating in the Project, and an exhibition of their new work will be on view at Milwaukee’s Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum June 28-September 16.
Learn more about the Jeypore Portfolio from last week’s post.
Edward Quigley aka Edward W. Quigley (American, 1898–1977, b. Philadelphia, PA, USA) - Photographs from his photo book Sam with text by John Crawford, 1938 Photography
From St. Nicholas magazine, 1873.
