Manuscript Cultures of Colonial Mexico and Peru New Questions and Approaches |
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Editor:
| Cummins, Thomas B. F. Engel, Emily Anderson, Barbara Ossio, Juan |
Series title: | Issues and Debates Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-60606-435-1 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2015 |
Publisher: | Getty Publications
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Imprint: | Getty Research Institute |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $49.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume showcases dynamic developments in the field of manuscript research that go beyond traditional textual, iconographic, or codicological studies. Using state-of-the-art conservation technologies, scholars investigate how four manuscripts--the Galvin Mur#65533;a, the Getty Mur#65533;a, the Florentine Codex, and the
Relaci#65533;n de Michoac#65533;n--were created and demonstrate why these objects must be studied in a comparative context. The forensic study of...
More DescriptionThis volume showcases dynamic developments in the field of manuscript research that go beyond traditional textual, iconographic, or codicological studies. Using state-of-the-art conservation technologies, scholars investigate how four manuscripts--the Galvin Mur#65533;a, the Getty Mur#65533;a, the Florentine Codex, and the Relaci#65533;n de Michoac#65533;n--were created and demonstrate why these objects must be studied in a comparative context. The forensic study of manuscripts provides art historians, anthropologists, curators, and conservators with effective methods for determining authorship, identifying technical innovations, and contextualizing illustrated histories. This information, in turn, allows for more nuanced arguments that transcend the information that the written texts and painted images themselves provide. The book encourages scholars to think broadly about the manuscripts of colonial Mexico and Peru in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and employ new techniques and methods of research.