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JANUS PRESS, Gospel of Mary
Estimate:
$400 - $600
Sold
$280
Timed Auction
163: Rare Books
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JANUS PRESS
Gospel of Mary
Newark, Vermont: Janus Press, Date: 2006. No. 50 of 150 copies, signed by book artist's Claire Van Vliet, Audrey Holden and Andrew Miller-Brown. Translated from the Greek by Karen King with commentaries by Rosemary Radford Ruether. 40p, [4] pages printed on calendared Barcham Green Boxley, with a central popup of "the journey of the soul" on a double-page pulp painted base sheet, woven binding, cover sheets painted by Van Vliet and MacGregor; in clamshell box of birch by Richard Holmquist lined in DeWint paper. "The Gospel of Mary is a fragment of a Gnostic gospel of early second century Christianity that focuses on Mary Magdelene as the 'beloved disciple' of Christ who specially understands his message and conveys her understanding of this to the male disciples."
Library of Elizabeth Steiner.
Gospel of Mary
Newark, Vermont: Janus Press, Date: 2006. No. 50 of 150 copies, signed by book artist's Claire Van Vliet, Audrey Holden and Andrew Miller-Brown. Translated from the Greek by Karen King with commentaries by Rosemary Radford Ruether. 40p, [4] pages printed on calendared Barcham Green Boxley, with a central popup of "the journey of the soul" on a double-page pulp painted base sheet, woven binding, cover sheets painted by Van Vliet and MacGregor; in clamshell box of birch by Richard Holmquist lined in DeWint paper. "The Gospel of Mary is a fragment of a Gnostic gospel of early second century Christianity that focuses on Mary Magdelene as the 'beloved disciple' of Christ who specially understands his message and conveys her understanding of this to the male disciples."
Library of Elizabeth Steiner.
