"Illuminating the Medieval Hunt" Exhibition
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At The Morgan Library & Museum
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The most influential medieval treatise on hunting was "Livre de la chasse," written by Gaston Phoebus between 1387 and 1389. The forty-six surviving manuscripts and numerous printed editions of the text testify to its popularity. The Morgan Library & Museum is fortunate in possessing one of the two most luxuriously illustrated manuscripts; the other, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France, was made at the same time and also contains eighty-seven miniatures. Both were made in Paris about 1407 and were probably commissioned by John the Fearless. Since the manuscript had to be disbound— for reasons of conservation and the preparation of a facsimile— the Morgan has decided to exhibit as many leaves with miniatures as possible, providing the public a unique opportunity to "walk" through the manuscript as well as to turn the pages of the facsimile.
[Image: Gaston Phoebus "Hunting Party Pursuing Wild Boar (detail)" (ca. 1407) Courtesy of Faksimile Verlag Luzern]
Schedule
From 2008-04-18 To 2008-08-10
Artist(s)
Fee
Adults $12, Seniors, Students and Children under 16 $8, Members and Children under 12, and Fridays from 7pm to 9pm Free
Venue Hours
From 10:30 To 17:00
fridays closing at 21:00, saturdays opening at 10:00, saturdays closing at 18:00, sundays opening at 11:00, sundays closing at 18:00
Closed on Mondays, Holidays
Maps
Access
Corner of 36th St. Subway: 6 to 33rd Street or 4/5/6 and 7 to Grand Central
Address
225 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-685-0008 Fax: 212-481-3484
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"Illuminating the Medieval Hunt" Exhibition</a>
Venue: The Morgan Library & Museum
Schedule: From 2008-04-18 To 2008-08-10
Address: 225 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-685-0008 Fax: 212-481-3484
