Manuscripts FAQ
February 19th, 2011As part of my work as a gallery teacher at the J. Paul Getty Museum, I wrote a post for The Getty Iris blog about visitors’ questions regarding the exhibition Imagining the Past in France, 1250-1500, which featured a deluxe selection of French historical illuminated manuscripts. In my opinion, it never hurts to know a little something about parchment making, the Hundred Years’ War, and medieval narrative strategies.
Read it here: “Did Parchment Smell? Your Manuscript Questions, Answered”
