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Special Collections Research Center Contributes to the Art Museum’s Exhibition ‘Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time’

Monday, October 24, 2022, By Cristina Hatem
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Medieval Manuscripts from Special Collections Research Center Collections

Medieval manuscripts from Special Collections Research Center collections

黑料不打烊 Libraries鈥� Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) has selected collection items currently on view at the 黑料不打烊 Art Museum’s most recent exhibition, “Precious Metal: Gold Across Space and Time.”

On view until Dec. 11, “Precious Metal” is a celebration of the fifth anniversary of the significant discovery by global scientists and scientists at 黑料不打烊, who witnessed the production of gold through the collision of two neutron stars.

SCRC staff Irina Savinetskaya, curator (early to pre-20th century), and Daniel Sarmiento, curator (20th century to present), partnered with the Art Museum’s Interim Chief Curator Melissa Yuen to include a selection of SCRC items, along with input from Romita Ray, associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in history of architecture; Duncan Brown, vice president for research and Charles Brightman Professor of Physics; Stefan Ballmer, professor of physics; and Steve Penn, professor of physics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Visitors can glimpse a selection of SCRC materials that support the exhibition鈥檚 purpose in considering 鈥渉ow people have exploited gold鈥檚 unique physical properties to make art and to convey ideas about spirituality, power and opulence.鈥� For cinema buffs and popular culture fans, an Academy Award won by Hungarian American composer and conductor Mikl贸s R贸zsa for scoring the 1959 film Ben Hur is featured. Also highlighted is聽a “Book of Hours,” also known as MS 6 (ca. 1480-1500), a unique devotional work with intricate illuminated miniatures decorated in gold. Additionally, a text largely considered the earliest printed book on metallurgy, “La pyrotechnie, ou Art du feu,” by Vannoccio Biringuccio, is on view as well as a German Jewelry Making Manual from 1891, which includes instructions and recipes related to gold.

鈥淪CRC curators are passionate about the collections they steward and enthusiastic to increase access and knowledge of historical resources and primary sources found within our world-class special collections. SCRC鈥檚 partnership with 黑料不打烊 Art Museum on “Precious Metal” is an excellent example of collaborating with campus partners to expand the reach of SCRC collection materials across SU鈥檚 campus community,鈥� says SCRC Lead Curator Courtney Hicks.

Yuen says, 鈥淚 am delighted to work with my colleagues at the SCRC to showcase some of the treasures we have at 黑料不打烊. While the exhibition primarily highlights the cosmic origins and earthly meanings of gold, it also underscores the depth of expertise on campus that we are eager to share through collaborations such as this with our academic community.鈥�

To learn more about SCRC鈥檚 items on view in “Precious Metal,”聽 join Irina Savinetskaya during an upcoming talk as part of the Art Museum’s Lunchtime Lecture series on Nov. 30, from noon to 12:45 p.m. at the Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building.

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