Boksortiment

IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES in Stockholm is preserved the largest collection of medieval manuscript fragments in Northern Europe, around 22 500 book fragments taken from more than 6 000 manuscripts. All of them were used as wrappers of accounts of the local and central administration of King Gustavus Vasa and his sons ca 1540-1630. A project of cataloguing these fragments has been recently completed

The primary material essentially consisting of church doors with ornamental, symbolig and apotropaic representations in wrought iron is accounted for in a catalogue comprising 536 items and illustrated by 1120 photos and drawings. The catalogue is supplemented with a reasoned exposition consisting of: a regional survey of Swedish ironwork, a comparison with ironwork from the rest of Europe, an ico

Napoleon må vara omstridd, men ännu kittlar han fantasin. Utställningen på Skånelaholm inför 200-årsminnet av slaget vid Waterloo visar hans skicklighet att utnyttja konst och propaganda för att bygga legender kring den egna personen. Nederlaget vid Waterloo förändrade därvidlag ingenting. Inte heller fångenskapen på Sankt Helena. Fil.