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With its beautiful grisaille decoration, this fascinating prayer book from about 1325, measuring only 3 5/8 x 2 3/8 inches, made a huge impact on later manuscripts in terms of how marginalia directly interacted with the prayer text, and in the tension between the sister arts of painting and sculpture. It consequently paved the way for the Boucicaut Hours of the Duke de Berry, as well as for Jan van Eyck’s paintings, including the Thyssen Annunciation diptych, both of which we will compare to images in the book.

The second part of the Book to Screen series starts with “Anna Karenina” based on Leon Tolstoy’s powerful novel of moral and social examination of the 19th century Russian high-society. It follows the aristocrat Anna Karenina as she enters into a life-changing love affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. The 2012 adaptation by Tom Stoppard is set in a fantasy theatre world, starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law – and is a refreshing representation of this classic novel about forbidden love and hypocrisy of the high society at the time. Steven Hunt will lead a discussion after the screening.

One hundred years ago, James T. Miller sold the land that would become Upper Arlington to King and Ben Thompson. Join us for a day of refreshments, activities and special guests celebrating this milestone in Upper Arlington history. Upper Arlington Historical Society President Charlie Groezinger, Lynn Thompson, granddaughter of King Thompson, and Esther Miller, granddaughter of James T. Miller, will all be on hand.

Have you ever wondered how artists produced such exquisite manuscripts during Medieval Times? The process to acquire the required materials was much more difficult and laborious than for contemporary artists. Elizabeth Sandoval will provide explanation and insight into the various steps, including but not limited to preparing the parchment, chasing geese in springtime for the best quills, plunging the sea for ink, and pigment gathering and grinding to see some beautiful finished products.