Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections
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By Lisa Fagin Davis (Editor), Anne-Marie Eze (Editor), Jeffrey F. Hamburger (Editor), Nancy Netzer (Editor), William P. Stoneman (Editor)
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Beyond Words accompanies a collaborative exhibition at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Harvard University’s Houghton Library; and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Featuring illuminated manuscripts from nineteen Boston-area institutions, this catalog provides a sweeping overview of the history of the book in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, as well as a guide to its production, illumination, functions, and readership. Entries by eighty-five international experts document, dis...






















