The lost manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel : an epic journey from Rome to Toledo / Elena De Laurentiis, Emilia Anna Talamo ; catalogue of the exhibition edited by Elena De Laurentiis.
Catalog of the exhibition held at the Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX, Jan. 23-Apr. 23, 2011. Exhibition includes 40 manuscripts formerly housed in the sacristy of the Sistine Chapel, which are currently preserved at the Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, the Catedral de Toledo, and the Biblioteca Pública de Toledo. Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-415) and indexes.
Contents:
Biographical notes on the illuminators and copyists of Pope Urban VIII / Elena De Laurentiis. Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana y Buitrón: an enlightened cardinal / Elena De Laurentiis -- The codices of the Sistine Sacristy / Emilia Anna Talamo -- The codices of the Sistine Sacristy in Toledo (Spain) / Elena De Laurentiis -- The liturgical codices of the seventeenth-century papal court and the illuminated manuscripts of Pope Urban VIII in Toledo (Spain) / Elena De Laurentiis -- Biographical notes on the illuminators and copyists of Pope Urban VIII / Elena De Laurentiis.
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