TY - BOOK ID - 14469933 TI - Beyond words : illuminated manuscripts in Boston collections AU - Hamburger, Jeffrey F. AU - Stoneman, William P. AU - Eze, Anne-Marie AU - Davis, Lisa Fagin AU - Netzer, Nancy AU - Houghton Library AU - McMullen Museum of Art AU - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum PY - 2016 SN - 9781892850287 9781892850263 1892850281 1892850265 PB - Boston : McMullen Museum of Art, DB - UniCat KW - Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval KW - Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance KW - Illumination of books and manuscripts KW - Exhibitions. KW - Illuminated manuscripts KW - Manuscripts KW - Manuscripts, Illuminated KW - Miniatures (Illumination of books and manuscripts) KW - Ornamental alphabets KW - Illustration of books KW - Alphabets KW - Initials KW - Paleography KW - Scriptoria KW - Renaissance illumination of books and manuscripts KW - 091:75 KW - 091 <73 BOSTON> KW - 091 <73 BOSTON> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--BOSTON KW - Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA--BOSTON KW - 091:75 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Schilderkunst KW - Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Schilderkunst KW - Exhibitions KW - Enluminure médiévale KW - Enluminure de la Renaissance KW - Expositions KW - Enluminure médiévale KW - Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14469933 AB - Published in conjunction with a collaborative exhibition of the same name held in 2016 and 2017 at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Harvard University's Houghton Library; and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Featuring illuminated manuscripts from nineteen Boston-area institutions, this catalog provides a sweeping overview of the history of the book in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, as well as a guide to its production, illumination, functions, and readership. Entries by eighty-five international experts document, discuss, and reproduce more than two hundred and sixty manuscripts and early printed books, many of them little known before now. Beyond Words also explores the history of collecting such books in Boston, an uncharted chapter in the history of American taste. Of broad appeal to scholars and amateur enthusiasts alike, this catalog documents one of the most ambitious exhibitions of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts ever to take place in North America. Beyond Words accompanies a collaborative exhibition at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College; Harvard University's Houghton Library; and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Featuring illuminated manuscripts from nineteen Boston-area institutions, this catalog provides a sweeping overview of the history of the book in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, as well as a guide to its production, illumination, functions, and readership. Entries by eighty-five international experts document, discuss, and reproduce more than two hundred and sixty manuscripts and early printed books, many of them little known before now. Beyond Words also explores the history of collecting such books in Boston, an uncharted chapter in the history of American taste. Of broad appeal to scholars and amateur enthusiasts alike, this catalog documents one of the most ambitious exhibitions of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts ever to take place in North America. ER -