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Tuesday, March 29th

10 am- 6 pm [LA]
exhibit: 'Masterpieces in Miniature'
The Getty Center (1200 Getty Center Drive; LA)
info: 310-440-7300; museuminfo@getty.edu
detail: Drawn from the Getty's permanent collection and featuring a dozen new acquisitions, this exhibition features thirty-two Italian manuscripts, leaves, and cuttings from the 13th through the 16th centuries, and includes choir books and other liturgical manuscripts, a Bible, a register from a shoemaker's guild, books of hours, and texts from classical antiquity. It traces the development of manuscript decoration from the medieval to the late Renaissance period, examining important regional traditions such as those of Bologna, Lombardy, Florence, and Rome. Exhibit closes June 12th.