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Rare Finds: Ten Years of Collecting Manuscripts

February 12–April 20, 2008 at the Getty Center

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Handbook of the Collections


The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections


Many recent acquisitions to the J. Paul Getty Museum collection have been added to this revised edition of the Handbook, which also includes the more familiar masterpieces visitors have become acquainted with over the years.
(Hardcover: $26.95; Paperback: $16.95)

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Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum


Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum
By Thomas Kren and Kurt Barstow

The Getty Museum's rich holdings of Italian manuscript illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries are the source for this illustrated book.
(Paperback: $19.95)

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French Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum


French Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum
by Thomas Kren

Showcases full-color reproductions of masterpieces of French manuscript illumination from the 9th to the 18th centuries.
(Paperback: $19.95)

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A Masterpiece Reconstructed


A Masterpiece Reconstructed: The Hours of Louis XII
by Thomas Kren, Mark Evans, Janet Backhouse, and Nancy Turner

By the 17th century, the Hours of Louis XII, illuminated by court painter Jean Bourdichon, had been dismembered. This catalogue publishes the rediscovered leaves together for the first time.
(Paperback: $29.95)

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