Medieval knight art and history book – “A Knight for the Ages” (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2018) – Elizabeth Morrison interview

Dr. Elizabeth Morrison holds a PhD in Medieval art and is senior curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum of Los Angeles.  We spoke about her recent book on a manuscript extolling the life of famous medieval Knight Jacques de Lalaing.

1:01 – Elizabeth talks about how she got into studying medieval art and knights.

2:42 – Elizabeth talks about the book and the manuscript that the book is about. The knight that the manuscript is about represents a transition from medieval to Renaissance warfare.

6:45 – Elizabeth talks about chivalric biographies.

15:57 – Elizabeth talks about the historical background and historical accuracy of the manuscript.

19:56 – Elizabeth talks about the resources used for the research for the book.

34:35 – Elizabeth talks about how the Getty realized that the manuscript had a different creation date than what had been originally believed.

37:33 – Elizabeth talks about the Getty’s conservationist scientists and technologies.

47:00 – Elizabeth’s works can be found at the Getty bookstore online.

Links of interest

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/author/emorrison/

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Guests: Elizabeth Morrison

Host: Cris Alvarez

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