Rarely seen, exquisite Renaissance manuscripts and early printed books make this a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition. ‘Beyond Words: Italian Renaissance Books’ showcases over 65 Renaissance paintings hidden between the covers of rare books in Boston’s libraries and museums. Read more.
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![(1547), T. Ve. Master.](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2_c_2_2_f1r.jpg?resize=790%2C1109)
Unknown (1547), T. Ve. Master. © Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
![(c.1385), Calderini Pontifical.](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Houghton_Typ-1_32v.jpg?resize=790%2C1047)
Unknown (c.1385), Calderini Pontifical. © Harvard Imaging Services and Houghton Library, Harvard University
![(1385), Calderini Pontifical.](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Houghton_Typ-1-f.-33r.jpg?resize=790%2C1111)
Unknown (1385), Calderini Pontifical. © Harvard Imaging Services and Houghton Library, Harvard University
![(1503), Lucantonio Giunta, Missal.](http://www.apollo-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/WCSC_81W_7f_116v_117r_2016_001.jpg?resize=790%2C511)
Use of the Vallumbrosan Order (1503), Lucantonio Giunta, Missal. © Wellesley College, Margaret Clapp Library, Special Collections. Guy Warren Walker, Jr. Collection, on deposit from St. Mark’s School
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