About the Author

Thomas Kren is curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum; in 2004 he was awarded the Eric Mitchell Prize in 2004 for the exhibition catalogue Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe. Mark Evans is senior curator of painting at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The late Janet Backhouse was curator of illuminated manuscripts at the British Library. Nancy Turner is associate conservator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.