This volume includes reproductions of all the illuminations in the Getty Museum's lavish Gualenghi d'Este Hours. It also includes selected text pages, each with commentary. This beautifully illustrated book is published to coincide with an exhibit featuring the manuscript to be held at the Getty Museum from May 9 through July 30, 2000.

The Gualenghi d'Este Hours: Art and Devotion in Renaissance Ferrara (Monographs on Illuminated Manuscripts)

Arts & Photography

Barstow, Kurt

History & Criticism

J.paul Getty Museum

The Getty Museum inaugurates a new series of affordable publications that introduce the public to the richness of its holdings in illuminated manuscripts. The first in the series features Italian manuscript illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries. This volume showcases full-color reproductions of masterpieces by Niccolo da Bologna, Pisanello, Girolamo da Cremona, Taddeo Crivelli, Giovanni di Paolo, Matteo da Milano, Antonio da Monza, and the Master of Gerona, among a number of Italy's finest illuminators. The selection includes multiple illuminations from such sumptuous volumes as the Montecassino Breviary, the Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, the Missal of the Anti-Pope John XXIII, and the recently discovered Orsini Missal, along with exceptional leaves from the celebrated choirbooks of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence, and from the laudario of the Compagnia di Sant'Agnese, Florence.

Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Kren, Thomas

Known for their stunning displays of artistry and technique, Italian illuminated manuscripts have long been coveted by collectors around the world. The J. Paul Getty Museum holds the most recently formed institutional collection of its kind in the United States, yet it spans more than eight centuries and reflects many of the extraordinary achievements of the Italian tradition. Made up of whole manuscripts as well as leaves and cuttings, the Getty collection of Italian illumination contains nearly sixty works and includes the Montecassino Breviary, the Ferrarese Gualenghi-d’Este Hours, and the Roman gradual illuminated by Antonio da Monza for Santa Maria in Aracoeli. Other important acquisitions are one of the finest Bolognese Bibles of the thirteenth century; three leaves from the Laudario of Sant’Agnese, the most ambitious Florentine manuscript from the first half of the fourteenth century; and a missal once owned by the antipope John XXIII. This beautifully illustrated volume presents many splendid examples of Italian painting and illumination. Some are by noted artists such as Girolamo da Cremona, Pacino di Bonaguida, and Pisanello; others are attributed to artists known only by their works, such as the Master of Gerona, who is credited with one of the finest miniatures in the collection. This carefully crafted book is sure to become an essential resource for scholars, students, and collectors.

Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum: Second Edition

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The Gualenghi d'Este Hours: Art and Devotion in Renaissance Ferrara (Monographs on Illuminated Manuscripts)

Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the J. Paul Getty Museum: Second Edition