[fwd] [Mid] "Treasures from Europe's National Libraries" exhibit

[James Gilly / Alasdair mac Iain <alasdair.maciain@snet.net>]

Poster: James Gilly / Alasdair mac Iain <alasdair.maciain@snet.net>

>Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 12:48:47 -0500
>To: sca-middle@midrealm.org
>From: Fiadnata o Gleann Alainn <pcr-fiadnata@ic.net>
>Subject: [Mid] "Treasures from Europe's National Libraries" exhibit
>
>Greetings!
>
>I'm sure there will be more than a little interest in this here. Enjoy!
>
>Fiadnata o Gleann Alainn
>protegee to Master Brusten de Bearsul
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>Treasures from Europe's National Libraries
>
>The Conference of European National Librarians is proud to present a new
>virtual exhibition with descriptions and images of treasures from all over
>Europe, going back as far as the 8th century. The national libraries have
>selected some of the most stunning artefacts in their collections, like
>rare and precious books, illuminated manuscripts, bookbindings, drawings,
>prints and decorated papers. The treasures include the Gutenberg Bible,
>the Koran in silk, the famous Codex Gigas and work from Frdric Chopin, Jan
>Amos Komensk, W.A. Mozart, Fernando Pessoa, Rembrandt and many others.
>Together, these treasures are a small but impressive representation of
>European cultural heritage.
>
>The exhibition has been designed in such a way, that the treasures can be
>browsed in various ways. It is possible to look at the treasures from a
>particular country, but they can also be found according to their format,
>their content or their creator, independent of their present location. A
>chonological index makes it possible to view these European cultural
>highlights from century to century. Short descriptions have been added to
>provide essential information about the treasures, their creators and
>their provenance.
>
>This virtual exhibition has an open ending. The first version of
>'Treasures from Europe's National Libraries' includes about a hundred
>treasures from 24 national libraries of Europe. The exhibition is
>incorporated in 'Gabriel, Gateway to Europe's National Libraries', the
>WWW-service of the Conference of European  National Librarians. In total
>39 national libraries participate in Gabriel, and more treasures from all
>libraries will be added soon. The exhibition was created and designed by
>Richelle van den Dungen Gronovius at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, the
>national library of the Netherlands.
>
>'Treasures from Europe's National Libraries' is available at 5 servers
>across Europe:
>
>DE, Frankfurt - http://www.ddb.de:80/gabriel/treasures/entree.html
>FI, Helsinki: http://renki.helsinki.fi/gabriel/treasures/entree.html
>NL, Den Haag - http://www.konbib.nl/gabriel/treasures/entree.html
>SI, Ljubljana - http://nuk.uni-lj.si/gabriel/treasures/entree.html
>UK, London - http://www.bl.uk/gabriel/treasures/entree.html
>
>I hope you will enjoy reading about some of the most precious items in our
>libraries.
>
>Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
>Chairman of the Gabriel Board
>
>From:  Fiadnata o Gleann Alainn <pcr-fiadnata@ic.net>
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Laird Alasdair mac Iain of Elderslie
Dun an Leomhain Bhig
Canton of Dragon's Aerie  [southeastern CT]
Barony Beyond the Mountain  [northern & southeastern CT]
East Kingdom
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Argent, a chevron cotised azure surmounted by a sword and
in chief two mullets sable
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