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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., calligrapher

Source

BRMS 209. Michael Sull (1949–) and Jan Sobota (1939–2012). Solomon's Song of Songs. Dallas: Jan Sobota, 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

Containers

Format

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Language

Type

Sculptural Binding

Collection

The Shape of Content in Christian Books, Broadsides, and Prints

Citation

Sobota, Jan, binding and Sull, Michael R., calligrapher, “BRMS 209,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed June 8, 2023, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1687.