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Perkins Foss' Special Collections Donation

Perkins Foss, Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Art History, donates a Guericino copybook to The Eberly Family Special Collections Library in the Penn State University Libraries.

The vellum cover of the copybook

Details of paint splotches on the cover of the copybook

Perkins Foss and Sandra Stelts examining the binding

The frontispiece of the copybook dedicated to the Duke of Mantua and listing the artist's name in Latin

Stelts and Foss examining the catalog entry with the copybook

a page from the copybook showing facial features for copying

Perkins Foss showing a page with ears for copying

A side-by-side look at a printout of the Met's "Samson Captured by the Philistines" with the page Robin Thomas recognized

Foss answering a question

Foss leafing through the copybook in The Eberly Family Special Collections Library in the Penn State University Libraries