Elizabeth Morrison

Bio

Elizabeth Morrison is senior curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum Senior Curator

Stories

  1. What If Picasso Had Been Born a Girl?

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    Painting of a stylish woman in a blue dress and extravagant hat holding a painting palette in front of a canvas, two other women behind her

    Three stories that show how women have created throughout history

    Mar 05, 2024

  2. Pages from the Pink Qur'an Come to Getty

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    Page from the Pink Qur'an shows script and gold decorative elements

    The recent acquisition adds to the story of medieval Spain

    Dec 06, 2021

  3. Female Expression in a 15th-Century Manuscript

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    A woman in a blue gown holds a cloth to her eyes while sitting on a stone block covered in a red cloth.

    A new Getty acquisition features stories about women for the Queen of France

    Mar 31, 2021

  4. What Was Life like for Women in the Middle Ages?

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    Haloed woman, wearing blue robe and holding a small child, sits on a throne, facing a woman wearing a pink robe and a young woman kneeling in front of her.

    Our medievalists answer your biggest questions

    Mar 11, 2021

  5. What Did People Believe about Animals in the Middle Ages?

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    Manuscript page with illustration of two lions over a smaller animal

    Lions, tigers, and dragons, oh my!

    Jan 26, 2021

  6. Two Armenian Manuscripts Join the Getty Collection

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    Page from a manuscript, featuring a colorful illustration of shepherds and the Magi surrounding the infant Christ

    Learn more about the new additions

    Dec 21, 2020

  7. An Introduction to the Bestiary, Book of Beasts in the Medieval World

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    Illustration of a mythical half eagle half lion holding a nude man in its beak

    On the occasion of a new book and the first major exhibition devoted to the bestiary, two curators explore this unique medieval book

    May 13, 2019

  8. An Introduction to the Rothschild Pentateuch, an Illuminated Hebrew Masterpiece

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    An illuminated manuscript with large Hebrew letters painted with bright colors and subtle patterns. A man blows a horn from the letters

    Seven centuries of the Rothschild Pentateuch’s history chart the story of the Jewish diaspora

    Sep 19, 2018

  9. The Olympics Go Medieval

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    Manuscript page depicting two different illustrations of sword fighting; in the image on the left, one figure has held the arm of the other, making them point their sword down; on the right, the two are in a closed stance, pressing their swords against each other.

    A curator imagines what sports would classify as worthy of the Olympics in the Middle Ages

    Aug 18, 2016

  10. An Artist’s Pet Dog Photobombs the Middle Ages

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    A man with a black hat and robe with crests sits at a writing desk with a dog curled up on the floor to his right

    The same charming dog appears in illumination after illumination by late-medieval artist Simon Bening. Was it possibly his own pet?

    Aug 03, 2016