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Québec reliée comme jamais (Quebec forever bound)
The exhibition Québec reliée comme jamais (Quebec Forever Bound) is now over!
Follow the link to see a slide show of all the bindings of the exhibition.




Bound to Art
 (2005)
National Exhibit at the Ramezay Museum.



Celebrating scribes, scholars and conservators (2005)
An Exhibition of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Manuscripts
at McGill's McLennan Library.



The Book of Origins (2005)
International Exhibit (in French).



More about the exhibition The Book of Origins
Follow this link to read the paper published in the magazine Art et Métiers du Livre (in French).
 


   
Cathy Adelman    
Pascale Bastide    
Reg Beatty    
Ghislaine Bureau    
Christine Chartrand    
Isabelle Chasse    
Lorraine Choquet    
Joan Collins    
Nane Couzier   bound  
Lilliane Daigle   to  
Odette Drapeau   art  
Lise Dubois      
Laurence Duffar      
Muriel Faille   A poet's book  
Hélène Francoeur   Noirs, bleus, sables  
Denyse Gérin-Lajoie   by Nane Couzier  
Monique Gosselin
Jacqueline Lellouche      
Renée Lévesque   From September 21st  
Lucie Morin   To November 27th 2005  
Alisha Piercy      
Isabelle Poitras   Château Ramezay Museum  
Claude Sauvageau   280 Notre-Dame Street East   
Marie Joanne Sénécal   Montréal, Québec.  

In celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Château Ramezay, the Museum is teaming up with the organizers of UNESCO “Montreal: World Book Capital” and the international association “Les Amis de la Reliure d’Art”, to bring you an intimate look at the evolution of the artwork that binds the pages of history. This exhibit is for book lovers of all ages that will revel at the chance to experience the artwork of these rare intricately decorated artefacts. Furthermore, this collection illustrates that books are not just messengers of ideas but are in themselves pieces of art that capture the evolution of communication, from Antiquity to the new electronic era.

Bound to Art

Follow this link to learn more about the project, the book, the author, and the exhibition location.

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Celebrating Scribes, Scholars and conservators
An Exhibition of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Manuscripts
at the McGill's McLennan Library
 


 

An exhibition of rare Islamic manuscripts is presently on display in the McLennan Library Lobby from September to November 30, 2005. The selection includes bound Arabic, Persian and Turkish manuscripts, some of which reveal the finest examples of book illustration and illumination. In addition, the exhibition features early fragments of the Qur'an on parchment, wooden writing tablets, a miniature scroll, lacquer pen boxes, and beautiful calligraphic pieces.The exhibition also highlights the work of Les Amis de la reliure d'art who volunteered their summer to construct up to one hundred conservation boxes and portfolios. The exhibition items are drawn from the rare collections of the Islamic Studies Library and from the Rare Books Division of the McGill Library. We wish to acknowledge not only the members of ARA but the generous contributions of the donors who allowed for this collaborative community endeavour to be a success, especially the Ismaili Community of Quebec, Canadian National Railway, IBM Canada, Scotiabank, Woolfits Art Enterprises and Lee Valley Tools. The exhibition is curated by Adam Gacek, and was put together in collaboration with Ann Marie Holland and Donald Hogan of the McGill Library, as well as Anne-Marie Saint-Onge and Saskia Roukema (ARA).

3459 McTavish Street
Montréal, Québec.


Celebrating Scribes, Scholars and conservators

Follow this link to learn more about:

 The McGill Library collections,
The Koran (Qur’an),
Piety and popular culture,
Writing surfaces,
Writing implements,
Scripts and hands,
The composition of the text,
Bookbinding,
Painted decorations,
Painted illustrations
The preservation project.

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