The Lost Manuscripts From the Sistine Chapel an Epic Journey From Rome to Toledo

Jointly published by Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica and Campiasano Ediotre, in collaboration with Meadows Museum, the Biblioteca Nacional de España and the Cabildo Primado de Toledo. Beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs, this catalogue brings to life the illuminated Manuscripts features in the Meadows Museum exhibition. Originally from the Sacristy of the Sistine Chapel, they were dispersed during the French occupation of Rome and acquired by Cardinal Francisco de Lorenzana, who donated them to the cathedral library, where they have remained until present day. For the first time this collection of great art-historical value has been cataloged an studied and is now ava...