The Morgan Library & Museum: Director's Choice Medieval Money

The Morgan Library & Museum: Director's Choice Medieval MoneyIn the latest addition to Scalas popular Directors Choice series, Director Colin B. Bailey introduces the reader to a sampling of the treasured works in The Morgan Library & Museums outstanding collection. A museum and independent research library located in the heart of New York City, the Morgan Library & Museum began as the personal library of financier, collector and cultural benefactor John Pierpont Morgan. As early as 1890 Morgan had begun to

Drawing extensively on new material

He commissioned the celebrated architect Charles McKim of McKim

Annibale Carracci

The pairings and ordering of images in the catalogue are distinct from that of the exhibition

Blackwing Pearl pencils come in a 12-pack gift box that doubles as a pencil cup

Like an oversized Polaroid film pack

as well as an introduction exploring Luther’s life and the seismic significance of this bible

connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China

and today her prints and paintings are prized by museums around the world

and you will hear it: the beat of New York City

probably to celebrate the family’s status and values

A Book of Hours is a Christian devotional book that was popular in the Middle Ages