Entries tagged with “Lecture” from The Library Militant: Caledon Library News
Lord Rosse, the Man Behind the Monster Telescopes
A lecture by Troy McLuhan
Monday, Aug. 18
6:00 PM SLT
Caledon Primverness
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Primverness/57/180/35
William Parsons, the third Earl of Rosse (1800-1867), better known as Lord Rosse, was a very busy man. He was an aristocratic landlord to thousands of Irish farm tenants, a politician, an engineer, and an astronomer.
Today he's best-known for building the largest telescope of the 19th century - the Leviathan of Parsonstown, and using it to discover what we now call "spiral galaxies."
But who was Lord Rosse and what was his life like? Attend this talk to find out!
(The talk will be delivered using SL voice. Information on how to configure theVoice Client will be available at the event)
An exhibit with models of the monster 'scopes, including The Leviathan can be seen at
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Space%20Island/154/25/33
Gentlebeings, Your Servant
JJD
A lecture by Troy McLuhan
Monday, Aug. 18
6:00 PM SLT
Caledon Primverness
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
William Parsons, the third Earl of Rosse (1800-1867), better known as Lord Rosse, was a very busy man. He was an aristocratic landlord to thousands of Irish farm tenants, a politician, an engineer, and an astronomer.
Today he's best-known for building the largest telescope of the 19th century - the Leviathan of Parsonstown, and using it to discover what we now call "spiral galaxies."
But who was Lord Rosse and what was his life like? Attend this talk to find out!
(The talk will be delivered using SL voice. Information on how to configure theVoice Client will be available at the event)
An exhibit with models of the monster 'scopes, including The Leviathan can be seen at
http://slurl.com/secondlife/
Gentlebeings, Your Servant
JJD
Introducing the Caledon Library's Gardening Collection!
Sunday, May 18, 1 - 3 p.m. SLT
Robbiani Gardens, Caledon Morgaine
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Morgaine/207/107/22
Miss Kaye Robbiani and Mr. JJ Drinkwater invite you to a Garden Party, to view the newly created Gertrude Jekyll Gardening Collection for the Caledon Library.
Come explore the controversies and conventions of 19th century gardens and gardening, and enjoy the Gardens, both formal and natural, of the Robbiani-Lyle Estate in Caledon Morgaine.
At 2 p.m. Miss Robbiani will give a short garden tour and presentation on Fashions in 19th Century English Gardening, with some remarks on "The Great Garden Debate", the tensions between Landscape Designers, advocating a style in harmony with nature, and Architects, who, seeing the garden as an extension of the house, argued for a more formal, traditional design, with both sides claiming to represent the true English Garden.
We will also offer refreshments, good music and dancing, and good company!
Dress: Semi-formal, with Big Hats
gentlebeings, your servant
JJD
Sunday, May 18, 1 - 3 p.m. SLT
Robbiani Gardens, Caledon Morgaine
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20Morgaine/207/107/22
Miss Kaye Robbiani and Mr. JJ Drinkwater invite you to a Garden Party, to view the newly created Gertrude Jekyll Gardening Collection for the Caledon Library.
Come explore the controversies and conventions of 19th century gardens and gardening, and enjoy the Gardens, both formal and natural, of the Robbiani-Lyle Estate in Caledon Morgaine.
At 2 p.m. Miss Robbiani will give a short garden tour and presentation on Fashions in 19th Century English Gardening, with some remarks on "The Great Garden Debate", the tensions between Landscape Designers, advocating a style in harmony with nature, and Architects, who, seeing the garden as an extension of the house, argued for a more formal, traditional design, with both sides claiming to represent the true English Garden.
We will also offer refreshments, good music and dancing, and good company!
Dress: Semi-formal, with Big Hats
gentlebeings, your servant
JJD
Illuminated Manuscripts Lecture by Una Renard, at the Caledon Library
Fri, April 18, 6 - 8pm
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caledon%20VictoriaCity/59/196
Borso d'Este rode into Rome in April, 1471 for the specific purpose of receiving from Pope Paul II his investiture as the first duke of Ferrara. He carried with him on his journey a portable library which had been commissioned especially for this triumphant occasion. Among the manuscripts he brought were a breviary, a copy of the Legends of the Saints, a missal, and the crown jewel his traveling collection; the sumptuous two-volume bible, known as the Bibbia di Borso.
This Bible was one of the most lavishly embellished manuscripts ever produced and it had taken an entire workshop of illuminators six years to complete. The Bibbia measured 375 by 265 millimeters and contained 604 parchment folios. The manuscript was originally bound in gold brocade and adorned with gilded silver clasps, cornices and medallions. Such a collection of manuscripts would have amounted to a splendid display. The Marchese ordered them all recovered or rebound for the journey, which suggests that although they were primarily intended for Borso's personal use, they were also meant to be viewed by members of the Papal court.
While we normally think of books as being private objects, the lavishly illuminated Bibbia di Borso was intended as a very public expression of princely magnificence and piety intended to win favor with the Pope. This 15th-century Bible also served as a reflection of the magnificence of his court as a whole. We will explore the complex relationship between Borso as patron, this bible, and the courtly space of the library as they're elucidated by the illuminations within the Bibbia.
Please join us for this very special lecture!
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Whitehorn building, or use the red and gold Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
Fri, April 18, 6 - 8pm
Jack & Elaine Whitehorn Memorial Library, Caledon VictoriaCity
http://slurl.com/secondlife
Borso d'Este rode into Rome in April, 1471 for the specific purpose of receiving from Pope Paul II his investiture as the first duke of Ferrara. He carried with him on his journey a portable library which had been commissioned especially for this triumphant occasion. Among the manuscripts he brought were a breviary, a copy of the Legends of the Saints, a missal, and the crown jewel his traveling collection; the sumptuous two-volume bible, known as the Bibbia di Borso.
This Bible was one of the most lavishly embellished manuscripts ever produced and it had taken an entire workshop of illuminators six years to complete. The Bibbia measured 375 by 265 millimeters and contained 604 parchment folios. The manuscript was originally bound in gold brocade and adorned with gilded silver clasps, cornices and medallions. Such a collection of manuscripts would have amounted to a splendid display. The Marchese ordered them all recovered or rebound for the journey, which suggests that although they were primarily intended for Borso's personal use, they were also meant to be viewed by members of the Papal court.
While we normally think of books as being private objects, the lavishly illuminated Bibbia di Borso was intended as a very public expression of princely magnificence and piety intended to win favor with the Pope. This 15th-century Bible also served as a reflection of the magnificence of his court as a whole. We will explore the complex relationship between Borso as patron, this bible, and the courtly space of the library as they're elucidated by the illuminations within the Bibbia.
Please join us for this very special lecture!
NOTE: The teleport takes you to a hub in Caledon VictoriaCity... Just follow the red arrow/beacon north through the Reading Room to the Whitehorn building, or use the red and gold Library Transport Device located at the telehub.
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