Illuminated Manuscripts of Germany and Central Europe in the J. Paul Getty Museum

by Thomas Kren

This beautifully illustrated volume explores the richness of the J. Paul Getty Museum's holdings in German and Central European manuscripts from the ninth to the eighteenth century. This book showcases full-color reproductions of masterpieces from such works as Carolingian manuscripts of the ninth century; several sumptuously illuminated Ottonian texts from the late tenth and early eleventh centuries; two of the most celebrated examples of Romanesque...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892369485
• ISBN13: 9780892369485
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.6" x 9.3"