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BRMS 209

Title

Subject

Description

The "pear" is covered in green and yellow painted buckskin surmounted by a stem, while the torso is in crushed white buckskin. Within the two-part leather "box" is a manuscript by the calligrapher Michael Sull, the leaves of which echo the shape of the outer container.

Creator

Sobota, Jan, binding and Sull, Michael R., calligraphy

Source

BRMS 209. Solomon's Song of Songs. Illustrated manuscript on paper. [Dallas, Texas, 1990].

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

This work is protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution is permitted. This file may be used for educational uses only, provided it is not altered in any way, and the copyright line is cited. (Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU).

Relation

Twentieth

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Sculptural binding

Collection

Six Centuries of Master Bookbinding at Bridwell Library

Citation

Sobota, Jan, binding and Sull, Michael R., calligraphy, “BRMS 209,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed March 9, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1504.