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The Creation of the Sun and the Moon (detail) from the Historical Bible, about 1360 –70, Master of Jean de Mandeville (French, active 1350–70). Tempera colors, gold, and ink on parchment.
The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages at Getty
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Dickens Hallowe'en promotional image
Hallowe'en and Christmas Events at the Charles Dickens Museum
Tickets for Hallowe'en and Christmas events at the Charles Dickens Museum in London go on sale on October 1 with one-man performances of Dickens’s stories by
Pictured left, a limited edition of The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe (estimate: $1,000-$1,500), and right, a first edition, first issue of The Wonderland Postage-Stamp Case inscribed by Lewis Carroll, estimated at $2,000-$3,000.
Cat-Themed Books by Poe, Colette, and Warhol to Auction
A four-part sale series featuring one of the most significant private collections of cat-related books and art ever assembled begins tomorrow at Bo
Isaac Newton, autograph manuscript worksheet, Cambridge, May 4–8, 1694
Rare First Editions by Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton at Sotheby's
The first of a two-part single-owner auction Reason and Revolution focusing on the history of scientific thought comes to Sotheby's next month.
Bob Dylan handwritten lyrics sold at auction
Bob Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks Handwritten Lyrics Sold For $290,404
Bob Dylan’s handwritten working lyrics for two songs from Blood on the Tracks have sold for $290,404 in RR Auction’s Remarkable Rarities s
Moominpappa at Sea cover sketch by Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson's Illustrations Focus of New Exhibition
The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration in London has announced its winter programme of exhibitions including a new major exhibition on the work and li
The Thomas Jefferson letter about war and debt
Thomas Jefferson Letter on Avoiding Wars and Debt at Raab
The Raab Collection has acquired and is offering for sale a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Philadelphia scientist and Founding Father David Rittenhouse
A page from the Gaffurio Codex (estimate: €180,000–€250,000)
Gaffurio Codex Leads ll Ponte's Antique Books & Livres d'Artistes Sale
The Gaffurio Codex by composer and kapellmeister of Milan Cathedral Franchino Gaffurio headlines Il Ponte's Antique Books & Livres d'Artistes auction on September 30 and October 1.
Dr Paul Bate, the new Chief Executive of the British Library 
Dr Paul Bate Appointed as Chief Executive of the British Library
The British Library is has announced the appointment of Dr Paul Bate as its new Chief Executive, succeeding Interim Chief Executive Dr Jeremy Silver. 
Kierra Duncan
Kierra Duncan Wins 2026 David Ruggles Prize
Kierra Duncan has been awarded the David Ruggles Prize Grand Prize of $1,000 for her collection Translating  Blackness Across Space which gathe