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Medieval Artists Painted Such Things? Images that Surprise and Delight in Illuminated World Chronicles

Nina Rowe— In the century between roughly 1330 and 1430, books known today as illuminated World Chronicles were in vogue among the upper ranks in the cities of Bavaria and Austria. Created before the era when print became widespread in Europe, these manuscript volumes were richly illustrated with hand-painted images,

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Meet Us at the 2012 NY Art Book Fair!

Follow @yaleARTbooks Where we’ll be today and this weekend! This morning marked the official opening of Printed Matter’s 7th annual New York Art Book Fair, held at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens.  We exhibited at last year’s fair, and have been looking forward to returning – it’s a

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