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Each book has two beginnings which meet in the center spread where it may be turned over and read again from the other direction. Thus the book has two beginnings and no ending. This type of binding is referred to as t√™te-b√™che, a French term meaning head to tail. Each side of the book begins with dictionary definitions of the verb and noun spell. Alphabets, symbols, and various rules and instructions for spelling fill the other pages. The content is similar but the presentation varies from book to book. An encounter with this book is a magical experience in itself, and rewards the reader with many layers of meaning and secrets, some hidden in the margins, creating an enchantment not unlike the illuminated books of medieval times. The pages are painted with paste and acrylic, over the first layer of symbols and letters made with oil pastel. Pochoir is used to define the text blocks which contain the text in the mundane half of the book and fail to contain it in the magical half of the book. Calligraphy, handwriting and painting are added throughout in black Sumi ink, gouache and iridescent acrylic inks using broad-edged pen, ruling pen, folded pen and brush. Cover boards are covered in hand lettered and painted paper ; bound in the drum-leaf style with a cloth-covered spine. The first variant of the book has titles gilded in 23K gold leaf and gold iridescent ink highlights throughout, with pages of ocher, purple, green, rose, white and black. Housed in cloth-covered drop-spine boxes made by Don Drake of Dreaming Mind Bindery, Castro Valley, California. Included is a separate 14-page booklet called Backstory which lists a bibliography, acknowledgments, an artist's statement and the colophon, bound pamphlet-style in black paper with gilt design on lower right front corner. Extensive research through many dictionaries, arcane and contemporary books of magic and books of philosophy went into the creation of the content--Artist's website."},{"label":"Physical Description","value":"Color illustrations. ; 20 pages, 25 x 19 x 1 cm"},{"label":"Format","value":["Artists' books (books)"]},{"label":"Type","value":["Text"]},{"label":"Language","value":"English"},{"label":"Identifier","value":"Oversize N7433.4.F475 S64 2008"},{"label":"Digital Collection","value":["Arts and Special Collections Research Center - Artists' Books Gallery"]},{"label":"Rights","value":"http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"},{"label":"Custodian","value":["Baylor University - Arts and Special Collections Research Center"]}],"description":"Spelling words","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/b36adba4-b0f5-4959-9303-d7787f00f081/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"fa-bookarts-bkk_n7433-4-f475s64-2008_001","height":6319,"width":5919,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/63f8cec7-66a8-4386-b8a1-5f57b4f18184/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/63f8cec7-66a8-4386-b8a1-5f57b4f18184","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"},"height":6319,"width":5919},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/b36adba4-b0f5-4959-9303-d7787f00f081/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/63f8cec7-66a8-4386-b8a1-5f57b4f18184/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/b36adba4-b0f5-4959-9303-d7787f00f081/canvas/_2","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"fa-bookarts-bkk_n7433-4-f475s64-2008_002","height":3345,"width":4672,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/04edbe07-e2f2-41bd-b0ae-3ddd31ea8b7f/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/04edbe07-e2f2-41bd-b0ae-3ddd31ea8b7f","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"},"height":3345,"width":4672},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/b36adba4-b0f5-4959-9303-d7787f00f081/canvas/_2","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/04edbe07-e2f2-41bd-b0ae-3ddd31ea8b7f/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/b36adba4-b0f5-4959-9303-d7787f00f081/canvas/_3","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"fa-bookarts-bkk_n7433-4-f475s64-2008_003","height":3661,"width":2874,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/1ba2fc50-6f00-4d14-80e9-af17e912c362/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/1ba2fc50-6f00-4d14-80e9-af17e912c362","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"},"height":3661,"width":2874},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/b36adba4-b0f5-4959-9303-d7787f00f081/canvas/_3","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/1ba2fc50-6f00-4d14-80e9-af17e912c362/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/63f8cec7-66a8-4386-b8a1-5f57b4f18184/full/300,300/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/digitalcollections-baylor/iiif/logo"}