Lewis & Clark College: Special Collections Acquires First Italian Illuminated Manuscript in Portland Area
February 09, 2020
February 09, 2020
PORTLAND, Oregon, Feb. 9 [TNSgrants] -- Lewis and Clark College issued the following news on Feb. 7:
There is a new addition to Lewis & Clark's Watzek Library Special Collections' body of archival materials. Through a B.H. Breslauer Foundation grant, the college is now home to an Italian book of hours worth just over $45,000, which will make it the only Italian illuminated manuscript in the greater Portland area.
In medieval times, books of hours presented a standar . . .
There is a new addition to Lewis & Clark's Watzek Library Special Collections' body of archival materials. Through a B.H. Breslauer Foundation grant, the college is now home to an Italian book of hours worth just over $45,000, which will make it the only Italian illuminated manuscript in the greater Portland area.
In medieval times, books of hours presented a standar . . .