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Manual explaining construction of "Pythagoras QED" and "Glittering Tears"
Calligrapher: Kerr, Lin
Handwritten booklet with photographs, artwork and samples of calligraphy. In fabric slipcase.
Given by Lin Kerr
Height: 200 mm
Width: 300 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given by Kerr, Lin
2004-01 CE - 2007-11 CE
Accession number: CAL 21-2007
Primary reference Number: 185922
Old object number: Calligraphy/Kerr/1-2
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Manual explaining construction of "Pythagoras QED" and "Glittering Tears"" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/185922 Accessed: 2023-06-01 00:16:15
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Accession Number: CAL 19-2007
Accession Number: CAL 20-2007
Accession Number: M.1-2017
Accession Number: M.12-2000
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