I'm a simple guy, I Tend to get happy with nothing at all ... Just Give me some ancient manuscripts and you'll see me Changing Face. This Is What Happened Yesterday: since We Are Currently Studying Librarianship, Our teacher Decided to show us a small section inside the Public Library in As .
She allowed us to touch and examine two volumes printed in the first half of XVI century (Publisher: Aldus Manutius - Pliny the Elder's biography, Editor and illustrator: Cesare Cesarean - Vitruvius' De Architectura, AD 1521), a short military atlas published in the eighteenth century about the MOST important Milanese Fortifications and Sieges, two manuscripts Religious Comp In the second half of XIV century (A wonderful take of the Holy Bible and a prayer book for youngwomen); both manuscripts were admirably illuminated and those military plans were just so deliciously detailed.
You can't imagine how excited I was. It's just spectacular when you can feel some parchment paper between your fingers, its weight and texture are something you can't describe; those miniatures and decorations were almost hypnotic, you could easily notice the thickness of those coloured inks too.
In other words ... it was an awesome experience!
On a side note, I'd like to point out what the New York Times said about Milan : they put our city between the 41 places you should visit in 2011; it earned the 5th position after all. Below you can find what they wrote!
&quosed as unconventional art venues and galleries are packed with avant-garde works. The eclectic Spazio Rossana Orlandi gallery displays the latest creations from emerging designers, while large-scale art installations from acclaimed international artists like Anselm Kiefer are exhibited at Hangar Bicocca: a cavernous art space that reopened last year. And though fashion followers still flock to the wish-filled windows of Miu Miu and Marni, fashion in Milan now extends beyond retail and runaways. Arguably the most fashionable addition is the Hotel Milano Scala, which opened last year in a renovated 19th century mansion singing the eco-chic promise of "zero emissions hospitality". In a country where green directives are not yet widespread, it proves that Milan is, once again, on the cutting edge."
- Ingrid K. Williams
There's so much to see in Milan! (Let me know if you're planning to come for a visit)
BTW, in 2015 our city will host the Universal Exposition too!
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