Getty Voices: Saints and Heroes
Saints and their stories in the pages of illuminated manuscripts.
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Middle Ages
Sicily, The International Island
Medieval Sicily was a hotbed of political turmoil and artistic innovation.
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Thrust, Parry, Download!
Fight like it’s 1410 with this zesty combat manuscript, free to download via the new Open Content Program.
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What Do Rocks Have to Do with Renaissance Art?
Why the manuscript illuminations in Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance really rock.
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Conserving Pacino di Bonaguida: My Getty Foundation Fellowship
Panel paintings conservator Aleksandra Hola reveals the process of conserving a 14th-century painting.
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On the 12 Days of Christmas, My True Love Gave to Me…
From turtledoves to milkmaids, medieval manuscripts depict the 12 days of Christmas.
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Christmas Adventures, from Silver Screen to Gilded Page
What do Hollywood movies and medieval manuscripts have in common?
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Slaving Over a Hot Medieval Stove
An illuminated manuscript offers a glimpse into the 13th-century kitchen.
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Illuminating the End of Time
2012 was the year proclaimed as the end of time by Mayan hieroglyphs, extra-terrestrial communicators, and bad disaster movies. The Getty Apocalypse, a medieval... Read More
The Manuscript Files: An Impish Ape in a Medieval Zoo
One of my favorite acquisitions of the past five years in the Getty’s manuscript collection is the Northumberland Bestiary (Ms. 100), featured currently in... Read More
The Manuscript Files: Dancing Your Way to the End of the World
The current exhibition Gothic Grandeur features a number of works illustrating the Apocalypse, the last book of the Bible that recounts Saint John’s vision... Read More
The Manuscript Files: Medieval Children’s Games
The current exhibition Gothic Grandeur abounds with images in the margin. These charming and often humorous additions, called marginalia (Latin for “things in the... Read More