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(REVIEW) Images from 31 unique ancient objects, including Christian manuscripts in Latin, the Getty’s treasured Rothschild Pentateuch in Hebrew and two printed Hebrew books — all dated between 1040 and 1592 — are on display in the “Painted Prophecy” show at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles until May 29. Some of these objects have never been displayed before.
The Christian images in the show are from a wide variety of sources, some from Psalters — books of psalms recited by priests and religious people at various hours — some from Books of Hours commissioned for private devotion by wealthy lay people, and others from medieval histories and commentaries. There is even an odd travel book dated 1592 — 10 years after Columbus’ voyage that led to Europe’s discovery of the American continent — titled, “America, Part 3: Accounts of Voyages to Brazil.”
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The Christian images in the show are from a wide variety of sources, some from Psalters — books of psalms recited by priests and religious people at various hours — some from Books of Hours commissioned for private devotion by wealthy lay people, and others from medieval histories and commentaries. There is even an odd travel book dated 1592 — 10 years after Columbus’ voyage that led to Europe’s discovery of the American continent — titled, “America, Part 3: Accounts of Voyages to Brazil.”
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Getty Museum's Christian Manuscripts Exhibit Sees Antisemitism Where There Is None
(REVIEW) Images from 31 unique ancient objects, including Christian manuscripts in Latin, the Getty’s treasured Rothschild Pentateuch in Hebrew and two printed Hebrew books — from between 1040 to 1592 — are on display until May 29 at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. But the Getty’s text descriptions
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