From Shakespeare to Sappho: Read the stories behind three artifacts of genius
The Morgan Library's "Marks of Genius" exhibit in New York City features nearly 60 works " both well-known and obscure " that help to illustrate what we mean when we say the word "genius." The collection comes on-loan from the Bodelian Library at Oxford University in England, which since 1610 has received a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom. The collection currently at the Morgan spans both history …