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Lecture

Books as Beads: Praying the Rosary with Pictures in the Late Middle Ages
Extensive illustrations in manuscripts provided medieval viewers with an entry point to their devotions and a focus for their meditations. Kristen Collins, associate curator of Manuscripts, the J. Paul Getty Museum, spotlights the Getty's recent acquisition Vita Christi, a rosary book structured around meditations on the life of Christ.

Sunday, May 1, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium

Curator's Gallery Talks

Kristen Collins, associate curator of Manuscripts, the J. Paul Getty Museum, leads a gallery talk on the exhibition.

Thursday, April 14, 2:30 p.m.
Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.

The Lamb Defeating the Ten Kings, unknown artist, Spanish, about 1220–35

GettyGuide™ Audio Player

Often inspired by written narratives, medieval artists invented their own strategies—visual ones—to tell stories. Using specific illuminations as examples, hear curators describe how. Pick up an audio player in the Museum Entrance Hall.