The Enochian language was invented by John Dee in the 1590's. The title means "vials" and rhymes with the "tiles" utilized as the media within the bookbox itself. The grey background of the tiles denotes the Enichian alphabet and the red hieroglyphics the text by Hirschman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Enochian language was invented by John Dee in the 1590's. The title means "vials" and rhymes with the "tiles" utilized as the media within the bookbox itself. The grey background of the tiles denotes the Enichian alphabet and the red hieroglyphics the text by Hirschman. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The pages are white heavy stock paper and the binding is blue suede leather.The handwriting was done with white paint mixed with glue to create an appearance of letters in relief in white paper stock. The writing consists of indecipherible calligraphic markings with a consistent style throughout the book. The Sackner Archive also holds book created by Algardi in 1983 utilizing similar calligraphic markings made with black ink, pigment and graphite on black colored paper, entitled "Imagine della Scrittura." The latter has a variety of calligraphic styles whereas the current book has a consistent style. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Provides a well documented source of artists, musems, galleries and alternative art works in the former East Germany. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each poem is on the verso of a commercial circular top of a "Cold Spot Freezer Pail Pack." All the poems have been given a title by Drachler, e.g., Stop Loss, Quiz, Buzz Fact, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each poem is on the verso of a commercial circular top of a "Cold Spot Freezer Pail Pack." All the poems have been given a title by Drachler, e.g., Stop Loss, Quiz, Buzz Fact, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book summarizes questionaires in the mail sent by the author asking for 10 dates which the respondent thought signified their being "penetrated by our culture." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work is another version of a book with the same title published by Edition Hundertmark in 1984 with the following description: A book with plastic cover pages: Page 1, with a painted fish and a fish bone, Page 2, a paper moon, and pressed flowers, Page 3, with onion powder, Page 4, a face, Page 5, a pencil drawing Page 6, a pencil drawing, Page 7, a pen drawing with drink stains, page 8, dried fruit. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Every page and the cover have a central background of white paint overlaid with collage elements, paint and writings. An ink border has been drawn on every page suggesting that the collages were made separately and then assembled as a book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contains collaged electroencephalographic recordings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The drawings of rebuses, poems, formulas, and diagrams, one each to a page, that constitute this book were done in 1969 through 1982. The calligraphy is highly stylized. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each print contains the same symbol resembling a backwards "4" which is rotated one revolution. One word is printed on each page - meaning, pirouettes, through, memory, unnoticed, eclipsed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each page is rubberstamped with small elephants in different configurations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In this book, Horrigan reviews the medical inspections and legislation affecting steerage passengers immigrating to America from Europe 1892-1954 through Ellis Island. The letter-codes of suspected or real illnesses in the immigrants were written in chalk on their lapels. A listing of the codes and meanings in a calligraphic text done by Ann Miller are printed on a three page fold-out. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Shape of book whose pages are completely sealed is slanted like an italic letter, consonant with the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.