Found accidentally in an old bookshop recently, do you think this is one
of the earlier "altered books" around? These are sketches - very amateur
but nevertheless enthusiastic and observant, made in 1935 at an
exhibition in Paris. They are vignettes, with notes, of Tarot Cards,
designed by Pisanello for the Viscount of Milan in 1428, and stuck into
a standard art book on Pisanello (with a very nice marbled cover, though
- which is why I picked up the book in the first place).
Once again, a serendipitous surprise inside the covers of a book.
Time flies by for me - three weeks into the course on Fairytale and Gothic Horror at Winchester. A LOT of reading to do - for the course in general and my seminar paper, which I also have to present, in particular. All fascinating stuff, though. At the moment, "The British Pantomime" seems to be the favourite for the seminar - with "Fairytale
Book Illustration" running a close second. It will be "make your mind up time" soon, so I had better start thinking hard about it!
What a great find with the book!
Posted by: Elaine | Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 13:43
Gothic Horror and Fairytales...are you enjoying yourself so far? DS is doing comic books next quarter. Not exactly something I ever thought they'd teach a university class on, but what do I know? I probably never thought they'd teach one of fairytales, either. Perhaps it's time to go back to school?
Posted by: Tracey | Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 16:44
I took storytelling as part of my master's degree, and was facinated to learn how folk/fairy tales are cataloged and indexed.
You can actually search for a story with an bridge, a bear, and the color red, and then by area as well. It is a unique cataloging system, and maybe useful in your studies. So very helpful when researching folk/fairy stories by theme too.
Posted by: Jill Spriggs | Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 21:38
Thanks for sharing your great finds with us Roz. When I am able to see it here it feels just a tiny little bit mine as well .-)
Posted by: Britt-Arnhild | Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 13:48
What a find! What a treasure! As a book alterer myself, I am sitting here turning pea green. You'll just have to enjoy it for both of us.
Darla
Posted by: Darla | Monday, February 26, 2007 at 16:15
Wow, I love this. What a great find!
Posted by: carolyn | Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 04:50
What a great find, Roz! After reading Loretta's article in Cloth, Paper, Scissors this month, I want to do more visual journaling than I'm currently doing. Glad you are enjoying your class, even if it is time and labor-intensive.
Posted by: Fran aka Redondowriter | Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at 00:37
Oh how lucky you are to have found this!!
"Fairytale Book Illustration"
I love the sound of this. But 'tis not my choice. :-)
Mari-Nanci
Posted by: 'MN' | Friday, March 02, 2007 at 23:56
Thank you for posting this discovery. I know it has been a long time, but a friend with similar interests in historical Tarot cards pointed it out to me today.
The catalogue for the 1935 exhibition of Italian art at the Petit Palais is online - https://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/sites/default/files/m1111077084361-e34-2.pdf
This catalogue does not mention that these cards were on display, so your discovery is the only evidence that they were there, as far as I know at the moment. The cards belonged to the Visconti di Modrone family, and shortly after the war they were sold to the widow of Melbert Cary Jr., who bequeathed them to Yale University in 1967.
Posted by: Ross Caldwell | Monday, December 28, 2020 at 10:57