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The first writing: prose, letters and painted pages in an original book
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Object Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Ferraro, Cari
Title
The
first
writing
:
prose
,
letters
and
painted
pages
in an
original
book
Date
2004
Press(es)
Prose and Letters Press
Physical Description
1 sheet [10] leaves: col. ill.; 18 x 98 cm., folded to 18 x 14 cm.
Subject(s)
Paleography
Writing -- History
Description
Continuous
strip
accordion
folded
to
form
ten
leaves
with
initial
page
mounted
to
board
;
boards
covered
with
Lokta
paper
painted
with
gold
accent
;
structure
closes
with
bead
and
leather
closure
.
Cari
Ferraro
: "
I
was
inspired
to
create
this
book
by the
work
of
archeologist
Marija
Gimbutas
,
whose
theory
was that the
first
writing
actually
predated
Sumerian
businessmen
by a
few
thousand
years
, and
instead
grew
out
of
symbolic
marks
on
ritual
objects
made
to
venerate
the
Great
Mother
in
Old
Europe
. The
idea
that
writing
came
out
of a
spiritual
place
rather
than a
commercial
one
appeals
to
me
as a
calligrapher
.
I
invented
an
alphabet
style
based
on
Marija's
catalog
of
marks
, and in the
background
of the
paste
paper
used
symbols
found
in the
5000-year-old
passage
grave
Newgrange
in
Ireland
,
whose
meaning
has
never
been
fully
understood.
"
C.f
.
Vamp
&
Tramp's
(vendor's)
online
catalog
.
Library's
copy
is
no
.
17
of an
edition
of
50
,
signed
by the
artist
.
Calligraphy
.
Painted
papers
.
Book Type(s)
Accordion fold format
Artists' books
Binding
Folded strip glued to paper covered boards
Process/Technique
Calligraphy
Painted papers
Description
Collection
Otis Library's Artists' Books
Author(s)
Ferraro, Cari
Title
The
first
writing
:
prose
,
letters
and
painted
pages
in an
original
book
View
Cover
Image Description
A
textured
cover
with
paint
,
leather
and
beads
.
ImageID
artb57087A
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