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Detail of a leaf of the Gutenberg bible printed in black and red ink shows Latin text.

The Gutenberg bible

Johann Gutenberg
1455-1456
Detail from a printed text a series of four illustrations that depict the journey by ship to the Isle of Pines.

The Isle of Pines

Henry Neville
1668

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photograph of Tess Clifton J.M stuart fellow at the John Carter brown library
Our Fellows

Tess Clifton, J.M. Stuart Fellow

February 6, 2018
photograph of Barbara Mundy, professor of art history at Fordham university
Our Fellows

Barbara Mundy, R. David Parsons Fellow

December 5, 2017

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Black History

Cosmography and Astrology