Museum Home Past Exhibitions Temptation and Salvation: The Psalms of King David

June 9–August 16, 2009 at the Getty Center

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A Masterpiece Reconstructed; The Hours of Louis XII
Edited by Thomas Kren with Mark Evans

By the seventeenth 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, $30.00)
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A Treasury of Hours; Selections from Illuminated Prayer Books
Introduction and commentaries by Fanny Fäy-Sallois

Illuminations from personal prayer book commissioned by the nobility in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. (Hardcover, $19.95)
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Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts; A Guide to Technical Terms
Michelle P. Brown

This fully illustrated guide concisely explains technical terms related to illuminated manuscripts often encountered by museum visitors. (Paperback, $16.95)
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