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The Book of Marvels : A Medieval Guide to the Globe
Author
Title
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.
ISBN
9781606069042
9781606069035
Publication
Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2024]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
Copyright Notice Date
©[2024]
Physical Description
1 online resource (152 pages).
Local Notes
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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 September 1, 2024, and The Book of Marvels: Envisioning the Medieval World, on view at the Morgan Library & Museum, New York, from January 24 to May 25, 2025.
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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.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2024.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2024
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
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Pierpont Morgan Library, host institution.
J. Paul Getty Museum, host institution, issuing body.
Project Muse. distributor
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