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This item was featured in a temporary display in the Tea Room case at the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] as one of the [[Tea Room temporary exhibitions]] starting in October 2014. | This item was featured in a temporary display in the Tea Room case at the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] as one of the [[Tea Room temporary exhibitions]] starting in October 2014. | ||
Visit [http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/6c47pa Luna] view images of this item's binding. | |||
== Item Label == | == Item Label == | ||
''Visus libelli: this vade-mecum memorial manual of muses, or compleat compendious complexe and companion, of learned languages and sciences, scarcely another to be seen so short, small and full, is most fitt and serviceable of a travelling tutor and disciple abroad, or else much rising and walking at home…'' | |||
of muses, or compleat compendious complexe and companion, of learned languages | |||
and sciences, scarcely another to be seen so short, small and full, is most | (late 17<sup>th </sup>century)'''<nowiki/>''' | ||
fitt and serviceable of a travelling tutor and disciple abroad, or else much | |||
rising and walking at home… ''(late 17<sup>th</sup> | |||
century)''' | |||
[http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=263637 Folger MS V.a.615] | |||
Shown with facsimile images and cataloging record | |||
This multi-disciplinary | This multi-disciplinary all-in-one textbook was designed for tutors to use with their young clients while on tour, condensed into an exquisitely-bound 800-leaf duodecimo volume. The unidentified compiler devotes nine handwritten pages to describing the book’s indispensability, and then supplies roughly eighteen key printed texts, along with engravings and manuscript material. A handwritten curriculum for students aged 5–12 includes such subjects as mathematics, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, rhetoric, medicine, theology, law, geography, and astronomy. | ||
all-in-one textbook was designed for tutors to use with their young clients | |||
while on tour, condensed into an exquisitely-bound 800-leaf duodecimo volume. | |||
The unidentified compiler devotes nine handwritten pages to describing the | |||
book’s indispensability, and then supplies roughly eighteen key printed texts, | |||
along with engravings and manuscript material. A handwritten curriculum for | |||
students aged 5–12 includes such subjects as mathematics, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, | |||
rhetoric, medicine, theology, law, geography, and astronomy. | |||
The dense volume is too | The dense volume is too tightly bound to be viewed without the assistance of a cradle holding it open to a 30 degree angle. The printed texts lack title pages and other preliminaries, and the book as a whole lacks navigational tools such as page numbers or tabs. Despite the compiler’s intent to design a compact and portable library, it is completely impractical to use. | ||
tightly bound to be viewed without the assistance of a cradle holding it open | |||
to a 30 degree angle. The printed texts lack title pages and other | |||
preliminaries, and the book as a whole lacks navigational tools such as page | |||
numbers or tabs. Despite the compiler’s intent to design a compact and portable | |||
library, it is completely impractical to use. | |||
The Folger has dedicated | The Folger has dedicated this recent acquisition to the memory of Folger Rare Materials Cataloger Nadia Sophie Seiler, who finished cataloging it in May. Nadia died in a motor accident in August. In her seven years at the Folger, Nadia added over 2,500 records to Hamnet, edited thousands more, and described at least 4,200 individual manuscripts in Folger finding aids. She referred to this manuscript as “the brick,” and her catalog record for it is a masterpiece, succinctly describing its many complexities. | ||
this recent acquisition to the memory of Folger Rare Materials Cataloger Nadia | |||
Sophie Seiler, who finished cataloging it in May. Nadia died in a motor | |||
accident in August. In her seven years at the Folger, Nadia added over | |||
2,500 records to Hamnet, edited thousands more, and described at | |||
least 4,200 individual manuscripts in Folger finding aids. She | |||
referred to this manuscript as “the brick,” and her catalog record for it is a | |||
masterpiece, succinctly describing its many complexities. | |||
Latest revision as of 11:54, 21 November 2016
This item was featured in a temporary display in the Tea Room case at the Folger Shakespeare Library as one of the Tea Room temporary exhibitions starting in October 2014.
Visit Luna view images of this item's binding.
Item Label
Visus libelli: this vade-mecum memorial manual of muses, or compleat compendious complexe and companion, of learned languages and sciences, scarcely another to be seen so short, small and full, is most fitt and serviceable of a travelling tutor and disciple abroad, or else much rising and walking at home…
(late 17th century)
Shown with facsimile images and cataloging record
This multi-disciplinary all-in-one textbook was designed for tutors to use with their young clients while on tour, condensed into an exquisitely-bound 800-leaf duodecimo volume. The unidentified compiler devotes nine handwritten pages to describing the book’s indispensability, and then supplies roughly eighteen key printed texts, along with engravings and manuscript material. A handwritten curriculum for students aged 5–12 includes such subjects as mathematics, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, rhetoric, medicine, theology, law, geography, and astronomy.
The dense volume is too tightly bound to be viewed without the assistance of a cradle holding it open to a 30 degree angle. The printed texts lack title pages and other preliminaries, and the book as a whole lacks navigational tools such as page numbers or tabs. Despite the compiler’s intent to design a compact and portable library, it is completely impractical to use.
The Folger has dedicated this recent acquisition to the memory of Folger Rare Materials Cataloger Nadia Sophie Seiler, who finished cataloging it in May. Nadia died in a motor accident in August. In her seven years at the Folger, Nadia added over 2,500 records to Hamnet, edited thousands more, and described at least 4,200 individual manuscripts in Folger finding aids. She referred to this manuscript as “the brick,” and her catalog record for it is a masterpiece, succinctly describing its many complexities.