"It's as much about the power of images as anything I know."
Curator Melanie Holcomb explains the power of "Curtain of the Tabernacle," one of six illustrated leaves from the Postilla Litteralis (Literal Commentary) of Nicholas of Lyra.
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A medieval effort to visualize commentary
"It's as much about the power of images as anything I know."
Melanie Holcomb
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Melanie Holcomb
Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters
Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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