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From: Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945. The miller of Old Church. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911

PZ3.G548 M6

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#manuscriptmonday, secret text hidden within a philosophical #manuscript of great beauty. Here, the #illustratedtitlepage from a book of lecture notes on Aristotle's Physics. Six, and possibly seven names and words are hidden within the #crosshatching and watercolor washes you see here, ooh the mystery within layers of beauty and meaning! *** In Aris[totel]is phisicam tractatus [manuscript] , Rome, 1606 Ms Codex 833 http://ow.ly/j4bl30e2zOj Facsimile: http://ow.ly/44Bw30e2zRt *** #kislakcenter #pennlibraries #librariesofinstagram #manuscripts #manuscript #titlepage #illustration #illustrated #penandink #watercolor #watercolorwash #aristotle #philosopy #greekphilosophers #aristotlesphysics