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At the Morgan Library they rotate various books for display. Some have wonderful illustrations, both on the cover and inside. And they do have more modern pieces. The best one was a book on the anatomy

The Morgan Library itself is a grand room lined with glass fronted bookcases holding old or rare editions and related artefacts. It's two stories high with a magnificent painted ceiling... ...and more

J.P. Morgan's collections includes many Egyptian artifacts, no big surprise when you consider he beagn collecting on a much larger scale when his father, Junius, died in 1890. These artifacts are interesting

Inside John Pierpont Morgan's study, which he had built in 1906 (along with the library). It's decorated in a Renaissance style, with a wooden ceiling imported from Florence, stained glass windows from

I'm partial to restrained palettes in European Medieval art, like this prayer scroll. Despite the lack of color, the result can be very dramatic. They can also give a clearer look at the strange beasts.

I learned a new word at the Medieval Monsters exhibit, cephalophore, which is a saint depicted carrying their head, usually on account of martyrdom by beheading. The most famous of them is St. Denis but

Stopped by an exhibit at the Morgan Library that closes this weekend of Monsters and Beasts in Medieval art. Some of my favorites were various depictions of the (literal) mouth of hell. Of course there