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The Medieval Bookshelf

January 24–April 9, 2006 at the Getty Center

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Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts


Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms
By Michelle P. Brown

This book—part of the Museum's popular Looking At series—offers definitions of techniques, processes, and materials used in medieval illuminated manuscripts. (Paper: $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

Selections from the Getty Museum's rich holdings of Italian manuscript illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries. (Paper: $19.95)

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