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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

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

The first writing: prose, letters and painted pages in an original book

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