The mirror of simple souls
Subtitle: an opera installation (libretto)
By: text by Anne Carson ; art and design by Kim Anno
Contributors: Anno, Kim; Pauly, Mary Jo; Porete, Marguerite, approximately 1250-1310; One Crow Press; College of Saint Benedict (Saint Joseph, Minn.); BFK Rives (Firm); Mohawk Paper Mills (Cohoes, N.Y.); Cave Paper (Firm)
Publisher: One Crow Press; Literary Arts Institute of the College of St. Benedict
Published: 2003
Place of publication: St. Joseph, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Contemplation; Songs and music; Texts; Mysticism; History; Artists' books
Notes: " ... published May 1, 2003, is the inaugural imprint of One Crow Press at the Literary Arts Institute of the College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota. The text is a handmade libretto for an experimental opera by Anne Carson, based on a work by the thirteenth-century mystic and heretic Marguerite Porete ... Multimedia print production by and under the direction of Mary Jo Pauly ... The text is printed from handset Twentieth Century and Caslon Bold on Rives heavyweight (deluxe edition) ... and Mohawk vellum (standard edition) ... Longstitch binding, in red walnut-dyed handmade stock by Cave Paper, executed by Sara Langworthy."--Colophon.

Standard edition of 40 numbered copies; deluxe edition of 5 numbered copies.

Rare Book copy: No. 15.