[Scriptoris] Fwd: [Scribes] Morgan Library's medieval prayer books

[Hillary Greenslade]

--- "Amy L. Hornburg Heilveil" <aheilvei at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:18:20 -0600
> To: Scribes <scribes at castle.org>
> From: "Amy L. Hornburg Heilveil" <aheilvei at uiuc.edu>
> Subject: [Scribes] Morgan Library's medieval prayer books
> From another list:
> Coming to an American museum (hopefully) near you:
> 
> Subject: Morgan Library's medieval prayer books at the Kimbell, Fort Worth
> 
> While the Morgan Library is undergoing renovations, they put together a 
> traveling exhibition of 58 prayer books, "Painted Prayers," from their 
> unique collection, and it's at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth until 
> Jan. 18 and is scheduled later at the St. Louis Art Museum Oct. 2004-Jan. 
> 2005 and Getty Museum Oct. 2005-Jan. 2006.
>
<http://www.kimbellart.org/exhibitions/exh_file.cfm?id=100>http://www.kimbellart.org/exhibitions/exh_file.cfm?id=100
> 
> and
>
<http://www.morganlibrary.org/exhibitions/painted/html/index.html>http://www.morganlibrary.org/exhibitions/painted/html/index.html
> 
> Among the often tiny treasures displayed are the DuBois Hours (1325), the 
> Hours of Catherine of Cleves (1440), and the Farnese Hours (1546), and 
> prayer books by the Bedford Master, Jean Fouquet, Simon Marmion, and 
> Attavante degli Attavanti.
> 
> Two books by Jean Poyet--The Hours of Henry VIII and the Prayer Book of 
> Anne de Bretagne--are also show in an online exhibit,
>
<http://www.morganlibrary.org/exhibitions/online/html/index_1024.html>http://www.morganlibrary.org/exhibitions/online/html/index_1024.html
> 
> The Morgan's online catalog, Corsair, links to details of the collection: 
>
<http://corsair.morganlibrary.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?>http://corsair.morganlibrary.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=on+vi\ew+at+the+kimbell&Search_Code=CALL&CNT=75
> (or click on <http://tinyurl.com/wyst>http://tinyurl.com/wyst).
> 
> As well, the Morgan has three other traveling exhibitions, one with 26 
> prints from the Picture Bible (ca. 1248), dismounted while the book is in 
> conservation.
>
<http://www.morganlibrary.org/exhibitions/kings2/html/index.html>http://www.morganlibrary.org/exhibitions/kings2/html/index.html


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