Getty Museum
May 12, 2023
Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages explores lively images of play in medieval manuscripts drawn from the Getty Museum’s collection.
March 17, 2023
The Getty Museum has acquired the Irmengard Codex, a manuscript made for the 11th century noblewoman Irmengard of Nellenburg, a member of the House of Eg
January 27, 2023
A quick look at what's happening in and around California International Antiquarian Book Fair week. We'll be providing more details of these events in coming days.
January 27, 2023
An exhibition of illuminated manuscripts that reveal the secret histories and adventures of these precious medieval objects as they were collected and sold, lost, and re-found, over the course of h
November 7, 2022
Painted by a single artist, the Códice Maya de México is the oldest surviving book in the Americas and records the movements of the planet Venus across its cycles as Morning and Evening Star, a jou
June 13, 2022
Los Angeles – From fairytales to theme parks and Harry Potter to Game of Thrones, the Middle Ages have been mythologized, dramatized, and re-envisioned time and again, proving an
March 7, 2022
Los Angeles – Images drawn from the Hebrew Bible (known to Christians as the “Old Testament”) were among the most popular subjects for Christian illuminated manuscripts in the Middle Ages.
February 20, 2020
Los Angeles — Michelangelo: Mind of the Master brings a collection of rare Michelangelo drawings of the highest q
