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[The Winchester Psalter Miniature Cycle]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "The Winchester Psalter Miniature Cycle," held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is bright red and has an intricate gold design on the front, the frame of it filled in with black. This facsimile includes a cycle of miniatures depicting scenes from the Old Testament, the lives of Christ and the Virgin Mary, and the Second Coming and Last Judgment. The original psalter was created in the 12th century under the patronage of Henry of Blois in Winchester, England. A ps… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[David Hockney, Paper Pools]

Description: Photographs of an illustration in "Paper Pools" held by UNT Special Collections. The illustration of a mermaid with a white tail in a swimming pool expands over two pages. There is a tan diving board on the left with its shadow in the water, and the mermaid on the right. Image 2, the cover of "Paper Pools." It is light grey with an illustration of a mermaid in a swimming pool covering most of the front, the title at the top. The name of the author is in black and the title in white. This is the… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity]

Description: Photographs of "Experiments and Observations on Electricity," held by UNT Special Collections. The first is of the cover, which is a brown/orange color, the title on the spine and lines of gold spaced out on it. The second is of a diagram in "Experiments and Observations on Electricity." The page on the left is titled "Letters and Papers," numbered 232 and filled with text. The page on the right is a diagram that is extended out beyond the page. The diagram has a circle made of arrows in the bo… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Guide to 10-codes and CB slang]

Description: Photographs of a Radio Shack guide titled "Guide to 10-codes and CB slang," held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Radio Shack and Tandy Corporation Collection. The guide is a white slip with the words CB Slang on the side followed by a list of words or phrases. On the right are a couple of pictures of people with phones/technology, the words "Radio Shack" at the bottom left in red. The second image is of a remote-like item that has the title at the bottom in red. Above that is a black … more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bell Helicopter 429 model]

Description: Photographs of the Bell Helicopter 429 model, held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Bell Helicopter Records. The model is dark red in color with a white slash and the number 429 in white on its side. Aviation pioneer Lawrence Dale Bell founded the Bell Aircraft Corporation in Buffalo, NY in 1935. When the helicopter division began to thrive, in 1951, the division established a new headquarters in Hurst, TX. The corporation was purchased by Textron in 1960 and established Bell Helicopte… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Russell Maret, Linear A to Linear Z]

Description: Photographs of pages from Russell Maret's "Linear A to Linear Z," held by UNT Special Collections. The first picture is of a white page with only two small lines of writing on it that say "A letterform is a spatial disturbance; an act of interference with an otherwise passive grid." Image 2, the letter F. This is a white page with a black rectangle in the middle of it filled with many tiny white dots inside of it. Image 3, the letter X. This is a white page with a black rectangle in the middle … more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Julie Chen, Chrysalis]

Description: Photographs of the structure of Julie Chen's "Chrysalis," held by UNT Special Collections. The exterior structure of Julie Chen's Chrysalis folds together with magnets to hold a shape similar to that of a chrysalis, the structure in which caterpillars encase themselves to transform into butterflies. The lid of the box has information about the chrysalis on the inside. The pages of the book inside are designed to look like MRI scans of a brain, and the text describes the “involuntary metamorpho… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hygge, writing on top of box]

Description: Photographs of Amy Lund's "Hygge," held by UNT Special Collections. The first is of writing on top of the box, which has white writing in a square in the middle of the box. The second image is "Hygge" from the top. The paper structure is propped up to look like the structure of a house, the left side red and the right side is grey. The third image is of the front of "Hygge." This shows the front of the house structure showing the left red and right grey side. The inside of the house is lit up … more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[John Milton, Paradise Lost]

Description: Photographs of the covers of "Paradise Lost" by John Milton, held by UNT Special Collections. The covers are deep red, with an intricate gold design on the front and the spine, the spine containing the title. The book on the left is Vol 1 and the right Vol 2. Image 2, illustration inside "Paradise Lost." The black and white illustration is of a woman in the middle of a dark forest. She stands by a thick, tall tree, a snake wrapped around one of the branches. Image 3, frontispiece of "Paradise … more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Or the Modern Prometheus]

Description: Photograph of illustrations inside Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein", held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is orange with the title on the spine, by it a red book seen by its closed pages. Image 2, frontispiece of "Frankenstein." The black and white illustration on the left page is of a naked man on the floor on top of bones covered by cloth, a man stands with a frightened expression behind him holding a long pole in his hand. The page on the right contains an illustration of a young man walk… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[George W. Sheldon, Selections in Modern Art]

Description: Photographs of the cover and pages from George W. Sheldon's "Selections in Modern Art," held by UNT Special Collections. These volumes contain 125 plates of steel engravings and etchings representing works of recent and contemporary artists of the late 19th century. The etching Cedars by Moonlight by James Smillies, 1878, is one of the earliest instances of an American etcher beginning to differentiate between daylight and moonlight, a distinction easier made in theory than in practice. The cov… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Henri Matisse, Jazz]

Description: Photographs of Henri Matisse's "Jazz", held by UNT Special Collections. Jazz is a series of works by artist Henri Matisse, which shows circus scenes cut out of colored paper. This is the first example of Matisse working in this way, which would eventually be his main method of creating art. The cover contains the title in pink lettering, and one of his works on the right with different blocks of color. Image 2, the page shown is titled “Nightmare of the White Elephant” and shows a circus elepha… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[David Hockney,The Blue Guitar]

Description: Photograph of the cover of "The Blue Guitar" held by UNT Special Collections. The cover is blue/grey in color, a white rectangle in the middle containing a drawing of a blue guitar, with the title under it, followed by the contributors which are: Etchings by David Hockney, who was inspired by Wallace Stevens, who was inspired by Pablo Picasso. Inspired by Wallace Stevens’ poem. All the wording alternates between blue and pink letters, and along the margins of the white box are thick blue slashe… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Thomas Boreman, Curiosities in the Tower of London and The Gigantick History]

Description: Photograph of books by Thomas Boreman, "Curiosities in the Tower of London" and "The Gigantick History," held by UNT Special Collections. Two books are propped up by each other, "Curiosities..." on the left and "Gigantick" on the right. They are both dark blue in color, the spine of the one on the left red, the one on the right black. In front of them are two propped up books of their same titles. They are both open to the title pages, and on the left pages are illustrations. Thomas Boreman aut… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Michael Faraday, Experimental Researches in Electricity]

Description: Photographs of "Experimental Researches in Electricity" by Michael Faraday, held by UNT Special Collections. The first shows the covers of the three books that are side by side each other, the two on the left are worn black in color and the one on the right a deep blue. The title is on the spines of the books, numbering Vol I, Vol II and Vol II fro left to right. Image 2, diagram inside "Experimental Researches in Electricity." The diagram extends out of the page, a circular figure in the middl… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Liber Bestiarum: Ms Bodley 764. London: Folio Society, 2008]

Description: Photographs of "Liber Bestiarum," held by UNT Special Collections. The first is of two pages in the open book, the one on the left contains a colorful illustration of birds on a tree with flowers. Under it is medieval script with the first letter of the paragraph a giant blue P. The page on the right contains the same medieval script. Towards the bottom is a paragraph with the first letter being a big red A. The second photo is of the cover of "Liber Bestiarum." The cover is bright red, the spi… more
Date: November 27, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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