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Vert #25BA17
Code couleur vert #25BA17 utilisé pour les "Avancées juridiques", pour la ligne de temps "Le Mouvement des femmes contre la violence faite aux femmes" de l'exposition "Découvrir les archives des femmes".
Violence
Macaron avec le mot violence barré d'un signe d'interdiction.
International Women's Day - Edmonton, Alberta - song
EnglishThese are lyrics for a song that was sung as part of the 9th Annual International Women's Day March in Edmonton, Alberta in 1986. There is a note that instructs that it is to be "sung to the tune of "Fire's Burning".FrançaisCe document…
Almanach Royal
EnglishWho is hiding within the lines of these two portraits in pencil done by an unknown hand? Another caricature is to be found on the verso of the endpaper. While we today might not dream about doodling on the endpapers of an 18th century book,…
Le Nouveau Testament de Nostre Seigneur Jesus Christ, traduit en François selon l'edition Vulgate, avec les differences du Grec
English
This book offers a typical example of the classic formula of “promise” and “reward” that one regularly finds in books of the 15th and 16th centuries. The phrasing varies as per the personality and humour of the owner and how much value he…
Recueil des opéra, des balets, & des plus belles pièces en musique, qui ont été représentées depuis dix ou douze ans jusques à présent devant Sa Majesté Tres-Ché́tienne, suivant la copie de Paris
EnglishIn this work and in others, we see very fine lines in red that delineate different spaces on the page for the printed text. This work carries over the medieval practice used by manuscript copyists, that is, the ruling of spaces in the text in…
Réglement de la Confrerie de l'adoration perpétuelle du S. Sacrement, et de la bonne mort : erigée dans l'eglise paroissiale de Ville-Marie, en l'Isle de Montréal en Canada
EnglishPublished by Fleury Mesplet (1734-1794), this physically tiny work would be the first work printed by Mesplet after his arrival in Montréal in 1776. After leaving Lyon for Avignon, London and Philadelphia, Mesplet settled in Montréal on the…
Women say no to racism from Toronto to South Africa - International Women's Day 1986
EnglishThis item consists of a yellow t-shirt with a design of three women in profile and "Women say no to racism from Toronto to South Africa" and "International Women's Day - March 8, 1986" written in green lettering.Français
Fighting Racism and Sexism Together! - International Women's Day 1987
English Light-blue t-shirt with pink image and "Fighting Racism and Sexism Together! - International Women's Day 1987" written in white text.Français
Père Marquette's Illinois prayer book
English Here we see yet another type of decorative paper, probably achieved through a mechanized process. The design of flowers with tendrils of gold is reminiscent of wrapping paper for gifts or even wallpaper, which is of no surprise, as these…