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Splendid as Palazzo Barbarigo is, it's a shame to see so many Venetian palaces used as hotels. Good news, then, that after a 20-year restoration, the 16th century Palazzo Grimani has opened as a museum. The palace boasts doorways carved from precious marble, exquisite frescoes, majolica-tiled fireplaces and rare surviving examples of pastellone (powdered marble) floors...
Sixteen plates reproducing miniatures in the famous Grimani Breviary of the Library of St. Mark's in Venice, belonging to the College Library, have been placed on exhibition in the show case in the Periodical Room of the Union. The plates are taken from the most precious illuminated manuscripts in existence, consisting of 1580 illuminated pages done by Hans Memling and other Flemish artists in 1480. There are 110 full page miniatures in all and the pages of the text have very elaborate borders...
Reproductions of some very fine miniatures by Flemish artists, taken from the Grimani Breviary in the Library of St. Mark's, Venice, were yesterday put on exhibition in the periodical room of the Union...
...Grimani Breviary which is the most precious illuminated manuscript in existence, was finished in 1480 by Hans Memling and other Flemish artists, and consists of 1580 illuminated pages, of which 110 are full page illuminations. All the illustrations are now being reproduced and three volumes of plates have already been received by the University Library...