{"id":276,"date":"2013-05-28T20:13:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T20:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/?p=276"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:12:05","slug":"dorny-and-padgett-pyramid-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2013\/05\/28\/dorny-and-padgett-pyramid-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorny and Padgett pyramid book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/padgett-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-277\" alt=\"padgett 1\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/padgett-1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/padgett-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-278\" alt=\"padgett 2\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/padgett-2-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/padgett-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-279\" alt=\"padgett 3\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/05\/padgett-3-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In May of 2013 we purchased a copy of <em>Petite Ode \u00e0 Jean Fran\u00e7ois Champollion <\/em>by Ron Padgett and Bertrand Dorny. We have number 8 of 24 copies signed by the author and the artist. Each copy is somewhat different, with hand-glued collages throughout. Both the original text and the collage materials (maps, etc.) are in French. The book can be stored flat or displayed in a pyramid shape. Our particular copy comes with typed instructions from Padgett himself on how to configure the pyramid. (It isn&#8217;t difficult to configure, but those of us who find spatial relations challenging &#8212; this Curator included &#8212; will be glad to have the instructions.)<\/p>\n<p>We are the second U.S. library (with Yale) and the third world-wide (with the\u00a0Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale) to own a copy of this book. We look forward to sharing it with students and scholars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In May of 2013 we purchased a copy of Petite Ode \u00e0 Jean Fran\u00e7ois Champollion by Ron Padgett and Bertrand Dorny. 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