Description
Book SynopsisImages in the Margins is the third in the popular Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books drawing on manuscript illumination in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library. Each volume focuses on a particular theme and provides an accessible, delightful introduction to the imagination of the medieval world.
Trade Review"A truly unique and sublime visual study into medieval artistry - awe-inspiring in its detail and imagination." Harry Bliss, cover artist for the New Yorker; "One of a series of well-produced books that showcases the riches of the Getty's collections." Reference and Research Book News; "The reproductions are intricate and lovely puzzles for the grown-up eyeball/mind, so beauteously high-coloured and attractive that it is hard to stop looking." Lincoln County News (Damariscotta, Maine); "Strikes the perfect tone, focusing in each instance on the role of marginalia within its manuscript." Comitatus, A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
