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Text from Romans 8:35, 37-39. Ink and gilding on paper. 15 x 12 ½, text 10 ½ x 8 ¾ inches.

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Text by X.J. Kennedy and Sonja Nikolay. Mitchell pen, Chinese ink stick, gouache titling and decoration on Saunders laid paper. 15 1/8 x 8 ¼ inches, text approximately 13 x 6 ½ inches.

Scope and Contents: Text from M.L Haskins. Signed Adler. Ink on paper. 7 x 5 inches, text 5 1/8 x 3 1/4. Calligraphy quote, first stanza of poem “God Knows.” Published in 1908, “God Knows” by Minnie Louise Haskins was part of a collection titled The Desert. It caught the public attention when the then-Princess Elizabeth handed a copy to her father, King George VI, and he quoted it in his 1939 Christmas broadcast. “God Knows” was widely acclaimed as inspirational, reaching its...

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Text by anonymous. Ink on paper. Approximately 6 x 7 ¾ inches. (A small version of this is in General Calligraphy: “Works by Other Calligraphers,” Box 6, Folder 8)

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Framed Zodiac sign with black letters and colored pattern. On verso “Scorpio, Sarah Whitworth, for Jeffrey Stasi” 12 x 11 7/8 inches, image is 9 1/8 inch circle. Library copy numbered 1 of 68.

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The black lettering is a style called Naskh. The red lettering below is the Persian translation. Approximately 9 x 6 inches. Text box 6 ½ x 3 5/8 inches.

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Indenture document between James Stilwell, Charlotte [Ssales?] widow, and Thomas Blair and William Thomas Blair. (“Done executed or knowingly permitted …” Dated 18th May 1825, with a stamp “London 8.11.47” Black lettering, red borders on parchment. 22 ¼ x 27 5/8 inches.

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Genesis 1:3. Written and drawn in dark blue gouache with burnished gold on vellum. 4 ¾ x 3 inches, image 2 x 1 ½ inches.

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Text from Denise Levertov. Ink, gold and [gouache?]. 10 x 8 ½ inches.

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Text by Francis Thompson. Gouache and gold leaf on paper. 11 ½ x 9 inches, text 6 ½ x 5 inches.