At the National Library Canberra
An extraordinary exhibition open to 18 March 2012 ... and features 100 unique manuscript treasures from the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Berlin State Library).
Spanning more than 1000 years of history, the exhibition includes exquisite illuminated manuscripts, rare letters, sketches and documents and priceless musical scores, each handwritten by major figures in literature, religion, science, music, exploration and philosophy. Beethoven, Galileo, Goethe, Kafka, Michelangelo and Napoleon are just some of the many names represented in this exhibition.
See this link ... Australian National Library
Exhibition of
Manuscript Treasures
Australian National Library Canberra(The Bonhoeffer Exhibit)
precious scrapple from the table of the famous
foundation of thought from the fragments of a lifegive a certain personal perspective
a handwritten strangulated poem
Bonhoeffer, condemned unjustly
now glass-celled and preserved for posterity
thoughts flow freely on the mighty mind of man
and the truth escapesrattling the freedom of visitors as they pass along the way
Richard Scutter 15 January 2012
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