CARMINA
Short description:
Seven odes by Quintus Horatius Flaccus, one of the greatest poets of the Golden Age of Roman literature, are housed, as befits a real treasure, in a casket of snow-white Carrara marble. This publication stands out not only for the bold approach to its outward appearance, but also for its unique content: original woodcuts and novel textual compositions in Latin.
Artists:
Edition:
15 copies numbered and signed by the publisher and the artist. Copy № 1 is in the collection of the State Hermitage.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
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Year of publication:1995
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Number of pages:62 (unsewn gatherings and separate sheets)
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Dimensions:pages — 195 × 140 mm; casket — 260 × 206 × 70 mm
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Paper:Hahnemühle (Germany), 300 g/m², handmade
Language:
Latin, Russian
The Carmina (“Songs”) are lyrical poems that Horace wrote from the year 30 BC onwards. The basis for this publication, which features seven of Horace’s odes (I.11; II.20; III.13; III.26; IV.10; I.34; III.18), was an original project – Horace. Odes – that the artist Sergei Shvemberger realized in 1993.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Illustrations, type compositions, design of the casket, layout of the book and arrangement of the text — Sergei Shvemberger
Hand typesetting and printing of the text, printing of the type compositions
and woodcuts — Sergei Yashin
Stonecutting work on the casket — Armen Petrosian, Boris Kachalov
Participants in the work on this publication:
Illustrations, type compositions, design of the casket, layout of the book and arrangement of the text — Sergei Shvemberger
Hand typesetting and printing of the text, printing of the type compositions
and woodcuts — Sergei Yashin
Stonecutting work on the casket — Armen Petrosian, Boris Kachalov
The text of the book was typeset by hand in the Literaturnaya
(“Literary”) typeface and printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand press.
In order to more fully convey the artistic expressiveness of the poet’s lofty style, the texts of the odes are printed in the original language and presented as seven typecompositions specially devised by the artist Sergei Shvemberger.
In order to more fully convey the artistic expressiveness of the poet’s lofty style, the texts of the odes are printed in the original language and presented as seven typecompositions specially devised by the artist Sergei Shvemberger.
The book includes 10 woodcut illustrations that were also printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand press.
The pages of the book have not been bound and are placed like a real treasure in a reliquary-casket cut from the extremely valuable variety of snow-white marble quarried near Carrara in the Apuan Alps.
The lid of the casket is inlaid with the initials of the poet’s full name – Q.H.F. – made in patinated brass.
The casket weighs around five kilos. The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
The lid of the casket is inlaid with the initials of the poet’s full name – Q.H.F. – made in patinated brass.
The casket weighs around five kilos. The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
Additional information
Details of the creation of this masterpiece
About this edition
About this edition:
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Year of publication:1995
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Number of pages:62 (unsewn gatherings and separate sheets)
-
Dimensions:pages — 195 × 140 mm; casket — 260 × 206 × 70 mm
-
Paper:Hahnemühle (Germany), 300 g/m², handmade
Language:
Latin, Russian
The Carmina (“Songs”) are lyrical poems that Horace wrote from the year 30 BC onwards. The basis for this publication, which features seven of Horace’s odes (I.11; II.20; III.13; III.26; IV.10; I.34; III.18), was an original project – Horace. Odes – that the artist Sergei Shvemberger realized in 1993.
Participants in the work on this publication:
Illustrations, type compositions, design of the casket, layout of the book and arrangement of the text — Sergei Shvemberger
Hand typesetting and printing of the text, printing of the type compositions
and woodcuts — Sergei Yashin
Stonecutting work on the casket — Armen Petrosian, Boris Kachalov
Participants in the work on this publication:
Illustrations, type compositions, design of the casket, layout of the book and arrangement of the text — Sergei Shvemberger
Hand typesetting and printing of the text, printing of the type compositions
and woodcuts — Sergei Yashin
Stonecutting work on the casket — Armen Petrosian, Boris Kachalov
Text
The text of the book was typeset by hand in the Literaturnaya
(“Literary”) typeface and printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand press.
In order to more fully convey the artistic expressiveness of the poet’s lofty style, the texts of the odes are printed in the original language and presented as seven typecompositions specially devised by the artist Sergei Shvemberger.
In order to more fully convey the artistic expressiveness of the poet’s lofty style, the texts of the odes are printed in the original language and presented as seven typecompositions specially devised by the artist Sergei Shvemberger.
Illustrations
The book includes 10 woodcut illustrations that were also printed on a 19th-century Dingler hand press.
Binding
The pages of the book have not been bound and are placed like a real treasure in a reliquary-casket cut from the extremely valuable variety of snow-white marble quarried near Carrara in the Apuan Alps.
The lid of the casket is inlaid with the initials of the poet’s full name – Q.H.F. – made in patinated brass.
The casket weighs around five kilos. The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
The lid of the casket is inlaid with the initials of the poet’s full name – Q.H.F. – made in patinated brass.
The casket weighs around five kilos. The book has a storage case decorated with fabric.
Horace
CARMINA
Seven odes by one of the greatest poets of the Golden Age of Roman literature
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