NewsPaul Gauguin
Rediscovered Paul Gauguin manuscript written in his Polynesian hut reveals artist's hidden secrets
Original book with nearly 30 images has been acquired by London's Courtauld Gallery and will go on display next year
NewsArt market
Quran quietly sells for record £7m despite questions over its provenance
Manuscript sold at Christie's first live sale in London since the coronavirus lockdown, but academics say its ownership history should be more transparent
NewsBooks
Has Yale’s mysterious Voynich Manuscript finally been deciphered?
A German Egyptologist believes he has cracked the code to the enigmatic 15th century illustrated book—but many others have made the same claim in the past and failed
NewsAcquisitions
New York's Morgan Library receives ‘transformational’ trove of manuscripts and bindings
Bequest comes from New York collector Jayne Wrightsman, who amassed an 18th-century library to complement her celebrated French furnishings
ReviewBooks
Caucasian collecting: the Bodleian Library’s Georgian papers, books and medieval manuscripts
The collection amassed by Sir Oliver and Marjory Wardrop
NewsCrime
Police arrest man after attempted theft of Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral
Incident is a further blow to English city following the novichok poisonings earlier this year
NewsArt market
Second tranche of Aristophil's manuscripts collection to be sold in Paris, but will it flood the market?
After a difficult first series of auctions last December, Drouot holds more sales in June to disperse holdings of bankrupt French firm
NewsArt market
World's largest collection of manuscripts from bankrupt firm Aristophil to be sold in Paris
Auctioneer Claude Aguttes will sell the collection of historic books and manuscripts across 300 sales over at least six years as part of liquidation
ArchiveCollectors
Oslo collector Martin Schøyen sells 60 manuscripts
He blames Norway’s tax system for his decision
ArchiveCollectors
The obsessions and follies of the charismatic Joost Ritman
The fate of esoteric books and illuminated manuscripts hangs in the balance
ArchiveForgeries
Early copy of the Gospel of Mark is a forgery
US scholars, conservators and scientists collaborate to prove that a “14th-century manuscript” is a skilled fake
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Bill Gates’s Leonardo Codex removed from British Library website
Leading scholar is “saddened” by decision
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Bill Gates announces there is to be Leonardo for all (those with Vista software)
The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft spoke at the British Library (BL) in January at the glitzy launch of Windows Vista, his company’s new operating system
ArchiveRestitution
Sinai monks in historic agreement with British Library over Codex Sinaiticus
Ownership dispute has been set aside for joint study and digitisation of the world’s oldest bible
ArchiveMoMA PS1
News from the US: Museum acquisitions and sales, refurbishment highs and lows, and fabulous manuscript donations
Nine Modern paintings from the MoMA collection go on sale at Christie’s this month - is it to fund the purchase of the Hirsts at Tate?
ArchiveIraq
Military personnel unearth secret hoard of Jewish manuscripts belonging to Saddam Hussein in search for weapons of mass destruction
Found in the headquarters of Saddam’s secret police force in Baghdad, the cache has been transferred to Washington for conservation
ArchiveCollectors
Sir Paul Getty’s library to live on as part of a charitable foundation
The American-born benefactor bought rare books and manuscripts for over 20 years
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and manuscripts at the Louvre
Many items on display have not been exhibited since 1952
ArchiveNews
Italian cathedral submits war-loot claim to British Library
The claim is for a bound 290-folio missal which appears to have disappeared in 1943
ArchiveEthics
Oslo: Buddhism’s “Dead Sea Scrolls” for sale to Norway
Saved from Afghanistan by top collector, the manuscripts pose an ethical problem
ArchiveMuseums
MoMA sculptures on show at the New York Botanical Gardens
Also exhibited are rare and illustrated books on botany to inaugurate their new gallery
ArchiveRestitution
Italian embassy in London pursues claim to Benevento missal
The Art Newspaper has tracked down further details of what happened to the twelfth-century manuscript during World War II
ArchiveCollectors
Collector profile: Sir Paul Getty's two weaknesses, books and cricket
Over twenty-five years this Anglo-American has built up a great library of early books, manuscripts and incunabula
ArchiveAuctions
State intervention on humanist manuscripts in Feltrinelli Library sale at Christie's
Top lots go to private collectors, but the Italian State and European dealers put up a fight
ArchiveManuscripts
The Getty acquires “The fates of illustrious men and women” by the Boucicaut Master
Though the identity of the Boucicaut Master is unknown, his work is extremely valuable
ArchiveCollectors
How dynamic Dutch art collector Joost Ritman finds guidance in Rosicrucianism
The Art Newspaper examine the art and philosophy of a man who has closed deals with Sotheby’s, Noortman and Artemis
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Leonardo Codex on the market
Autumn sale at Christie’s expected for the last manuscript by the artist in private hands — in 1980 it sold for £2 million
ArchivePrizes
Kent dealer wins Leonardo Prize
His rare manuscript find nabbed him this year's award
ArchiveNovember 1992
World War II ends for a small town in eastern Germany as treasures are finally returned
Church valuables were dispersed in 1945, reunited in 1992, and return home in 1993
ArchiveLeonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci next at the next Palazzo Grassi
Leonardo the artist and the scientist will be on show