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The book of marvels : a medieval guide to the globe / Larisa Grollemond, Kelin Michael, Elizabeth Morrison, Joshua O'Driscoll ; with an epilogue by Noel Salazar.
Fine Arts Library ND3399.L59 G76 2024
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grollemond, Larisa, author.
- Michael, Kelin, author.
- Morrison, Elizabeth, 1968- author.
- O'Driscoll, Joshua, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- J. Paul Getty Museum--Manuscript--124--Illustrations--Exhibitions.
- J. Paul Getty Museum.
- Morgan Library & Museum--Manuscript--M.461--Illustrations--Exhibitions.
- Morgan Library & Museum.
- Livre des merveilles du monde (Compilation)--Exhibitions.
- Livre des merveilles du monde (Compilation).
- Livre des merveilles du monde (Compilation)--Illustrations--Exhibitions.
- Curiosities and wonders--Early works to 1800--Exhibitions.
- Curiosities and wonders.
- Curiosities and wonders in art--Exhibitions.
- Curiosities and wonders in art.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval--France--Exhibitions.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, French--Exhibitions.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, French.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 142 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 x 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A study of the medieval manuscript The Book of Marvels of the World, a fifteenth-century French illustrated guide to the globe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction to the Book of Marvels / Joshua O'Driscoll, with Larisa Grollemond, Kelin Michael, and Elizabeth Morrison
- Envisioning the Medieval World: Encyclopedias, Maps, and Travel Writing / Joshua O'Driscoll
- Wonder and Fear in the Book of Marvels / Kelin Michael and Elizabeth Morrison
- Copying, Creation, and Collaboration in the Book of Marvels / Larisa Grollemond
- Epilogue: Imagining Otherness in a Marvelous World / Noel Salazar
- Descriptions of the Morgan and Getty Manuscripts
- List of Locations in the Book of Marvels
- Plates with Translations.
- Notes:
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Book of Marvels: Wonder and Fear in the Middle Ages, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from June 11 to August 25, 2024, and The Book of Marvels: Imagining the Medieval World, on view at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, from January 24 to May 25, 2025.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Grollemond, Larisa. Book of marvels.
- ISBN:
- 9781606069035
- 1606069039
- OCLC:
- 1406017929
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