#BeineckeLibrary

[benkaden]

Ansichtskarte / Vintage Postcard

The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

[publicdomainreview]

New look.⁠ ⁠ Illustration from a Book of Hours attributed to an artist of the Ghent-Bruges school and dating from the late 15th century. More rainbow-coloured "grotesques" here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/rainbow-coloured-beasts-from-15th-century-book-of-hours @BeineckeLibrary

[fisarmonical]

Jerome Zerbe, Hollywood. Jerome Zerbe (July 24, 1904, Euclid, Ohio – August 19, 1988) was an American photographer. He was one of the originators of a genre of photography that is now common: celebrity paparazzi. Zerbe was a pioneer in the 1930s of shooting photographs of the famous at play and on-the-town. According to the cocktail recipe book Bottoms Up (1951), he is also credited with inventing the vodka martini. (Source: Wikipedia)

Source: The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. URL: https://x.com/BeineckeLibrary/status/1071916165621014529?s=20

[internatural]

Thom Gunn photograph from Robert Giard Papers

Via @BeineckeLibrary on X @beineckedigital-blog

[normally0]

Integrating Beinecke Library's Essence into Acme Tabernacle Office

We propose embedding a cut-out of the Beinecke Library’s Vermont marble and granite facade (900 x 800 mm) as a signature guardrail for the second-floor landing of the Acme Tabernacle Office’s golden staircase. This marble, known for its unique transparency, has captured and diffused sunlight over the years, creating a gentle, filtered light effect that protects the rare materials within the library while offering a serene glow. Integrating this cut-out symbolizes a dialogue between historical architecture and the natural world, and serves as a distinct architectural feature.

The Beinecke Library’s innovative design, using thin marble panels to filter light, inspires our approach to bring nature and illumination into the workspace. The cut-out acts as a metaphor for architectural collage, embodying the innovative spirit of Gordon Matta-Clark.

The staircase, supported by a golden-hued structure and brickwork from a former lift shaft, serves both function and form. It provides access between basement and ground levels and includes a prayer room in the lower basement. The central eye of the stair acts as a luminaire, casting dynamic light and shadow patterns, creating a reflective space.

This design respects historical masterpieces while fostering a new architectural narrative, merging past inspirations with future aspirations.

#ArchitecturalInnovation #BeineckeLibrary #ModernDesign #HistoricIntegration #AcmeTabernacle #MattaClarkSpirit #LightAndShadow #NatureAndArchitecture #VisionaryDesign #ArchitecturalEvolution #SignatureGuardrail #SunlitGranite

[aconitum-napellus]

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale. [Image description: colour Instagram photo of the modern, geometric inside of a library, with walls made up of squares of translucent marble, a ceiling of concrete looking squares, and a cube glass tower inside containing shelves of books.] #ImageDescription #Yale #BeineckeLibrary #Beinecke #library #LibrariesOfInstagram #books #BooksOfInstagram #ModernArchitecture #USA #RareBooks #University #UniversityLibrary #architecture https://www.instagram.com/p/B2rou6oF4k3/?igshid=z922tvg45zc7

[mayegleez]

Érase una vez… #newhaven #beineckelibrary (at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb8PaHVuHlw/?utm_medium=tumblr

[hemanchong]

Chef's hat: Come'n get it! accompanied by dress with Campbell's soup can pattern, by #AndyWarhol, 1968. Call Number: 2014 Folio 607. @beineckelibrary #BeineckeLibrary (at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRxq23Fl3vA/?utm_medium=tumblr

[curiouserandthatmuchcuriouser]

library: man⚬u⚬script sanctuary #beinecke #beineckelibrary #beineckerarebookandmanuscriptlibrary #gonewiththeschwind #newhaven #sanctuarycity #sanctuary #goodwaytospendarainysaturday #yale (at Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsQ_NWHnRoK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1jnzmaloakchs

[2plan22]

RT @BeineckeLibrary: Common sense ... III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs, 1776: Thomas Paine on "the heart of a coward, and the spirit of a sycophant" ... full text: https://t.co/XJsO6v5z96 catalog record: https://t.co/uSZ2906Wsl https://t.co/MrbbPGvG8T 2PLAN22 http://twitter.com/2PLAN22/status/1326337883901485059

Common sense ... III. Thoughts on the present state of American affairs, 1776: Thomas Paine on "the heart of a coward, and the spirit of a sycophant" ... full text: https://t.co/XJsO6v5z96 catalog record: https://t.co/uSZ2906Wsl pic.twitter.com/MrbbPGvG8T

— Beinecke Library (@BeineckeLibrary) November 11, 2020

[beckybookshistory]

Just some beautiful 16th century binding, with parchment fragments used for reinforcements

📜 @BeineckeLibrary MS 866

[internatural]

Epitome cosmografica, o Compendiosa introduttione all'astronomia, geografia, & idrografia : per l'uso, e delucidatione de' globi, e tavole geografiche, particolarmente degli stampati, e spiegati nelle publiche lettioni / dal P. M. Vincenzo Coronelli

Source: YALE Library - Digital Collections

Via @beineckedigital-blog on Twitter @BeineckeLibrary

[slvrdharma]

Illustration from “Alchemical and rosicrucian compendium”. Author unlisted. c.a. 1760. Via Yale Beineke Digital Library @beineckelibrary

[shakespearenews]

Jose Ferrer (b. 1/8/1912) as Iago to Paul Robeson's Othello, 1943. Via @BeineckeLibrary and @TheaterHistory. 

[generallygothic]

"𝕬𝖌𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖞 𝖙𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖉, 𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖚𝖌𝖌𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖍𝖊𝖆𝖗𝖙... 𝕴 𝖜𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖉 𝖌𝖔 𝖋𝖗𝖊𝖊... 𝕭𝖊𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖉 𝕰𝖆𝖗𝖙𝖍." - Anne W. Brigman 🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️🕷️ Anne Wardrope Brigman (1869 - 1950) was an original member of the Photo-Secession movement in American photography, famous for her pictorialist female nudes set agains wild Californian landscapes. She explored nature and the feminine form in unison, or juxtaposition, as powerful forces. Most commonly, the cedar tree featured in her portraiture, which Merry A. Foresta suggests, in 'American Photographs: The First Century' (1996), is a nod to the tale of Daphne. A Naiad Nymph from Greek Mythology, Daphne escaped Apollo's pursuit by transforming into a laurel tree. 🎞️: You can read a short version of this tale in my stories today. Considering this connection and, as one of the first documented women professionally photographing the naked female form in the early 20th century, the narratives Brigman depicted can be read as feminist ones, of freedom or liberation. Brigman was also a poet, publishing a collection of photographs and poems side by side. 👉: Swipe to read 'Cry' in its entirety. 📸: Close-up of 'The Dying Cedar', Anne W. Brigman, (1909) via Wiki Commons, and "Cry" from 'Songs of a Pagan', Anne W. Brigman (1946) via @yale university's @beineckelibrary (Rare Book & Manuscript) public online archive. . #annewbrigman #annewaldropebrigman #americanphotographer #photosecession #blackandwhitephotography #pictorial #femaleform #nudephotography #landscapephotography #california #wildwest #western #thedyingcedar #songsofapagan #pagan #feminist #poet #poetry #spookynerd #bookish #bookstgram #generallygothic #gothic #rarebookcollection #greekmythology #daphne #daphneandapollo https://www.instagram.com/p/B4dp9RQgZO0/?igshid=1hj2p8zcpca6n

[rootsandcultureworld]

A few of my research notes on Zora Neale Hurston’s, Harlem Slanguage, also appearing as the appendix to, Story in Harlem Slang, published in 1942 by American Mercury.

Hurston’s papers & portraits by

Carl Van Vechten were pulled from the @BeineckeLibrary digital collection.