My news from Paris is that on Jan 30 this cultural jewel, a tiny manuscript written by a youthful Charlotte Brontë in 1830, will go on public display for the first time.
That is an awful long time for the public to have had to wait. So it is good to be able to add that there is a geographical bonus: there are far worse places to find yourself on a winter's day than the vicinity of 222 Boulevard Saint-Germain.
Le Musée des lettres et manuscrits - someone please explain to me why Le not La, but do NOT get me on to the subject of the accent in Brontë - was successful in an auction at Sotheby's in London on Dec 14 in securing the "little book", which measures just 35 x 61mm but nevertheless contains 20 pages with more than 4,000 words of minuscule script. Read more: France salut
The little book is so amazing! Seeing held really puts it's tinyness into perspective. I think that's partially how Charlotte eye's went bad though...that and the miniscule engravings she did, that were also amazing!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI wish I could see it in person.
xo J~
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BeantwoordenVerwijderenYes, it would be great to see it with my own eyes.
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