Elizabeth Morrison

Bio

Elizabeth Morrison is senior curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Manuscripts, J. Paul Getty Museum Senior Curator

Stories

  1. ¿Cómo era la vida de los niños en la Edad Media?

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    manuscript illustration depicting a group of boys watching and cheering for two other boys who are riding on barrels and using spears to pretend to joust, with one boy falling off his barrel

    Nuestros medievalistas responden a las preguntas que nos hicieron nuestros seguidores en las redes sociales

    Apr 30, 2026

  2. What Was Life Like for Kids in the Middle Ages?

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    manuscript illustration depicting a group of boys watching and cheering for two other boys who are riding on barrels and using spears to pretend to joust, with one boy falling off his barrel

    Your biggest questions, answered by our medievalists

    Apr 15, 2026

  3. The Adventures of Alexander the Great, Medieval-Style

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    manuscript page featuring script above an illumination of an army fighting a man riding on a swine

    Alexander battles giants and unicorns in this new addition to Getty’s manuscripts collection

    Aug 28, 2025

  4. A Medieval Feminist Manuscript Makes Its Getty Museum Debut

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    Manuscript illustration of a woman sitting at a desk with an open book, facing a group of young women

    How a pioneering feminist writer championed women’s moral and intellectual power

    Mar 26, 2025

  5. What If Picasso Had Been Born a Girl?

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    Painting of a stylish woman in a blue dress and extravagant hat holding a painting palette in front of a canvas, two other women behind her

    Three stories that show how women have created throughout history

    Mar 5, 2024

  6. Pages from the Pink Qur'an Come to Getty

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    Page from the Pink Qur'an shows script and gold decorative elements

    The recent acquisition adds to the story of medieval Spain

    Dec 6, 2021

  7. Female Expression in a 15th-Century Manuscript

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    A woman in a blue gown holds a cloth to her eyes while sitting on a stone block covered in a red cloth.

    A new Getty acquisition features stories about women for the Queen of France

    Mar 31, 2021

  8. What Was Life like for Women in the Middle Ages?

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    Haloed woman, wearing blue robe and holding a small child, sits on a throne, facing a woman wearing a pink robe and a young woman kneeling in front of her.

    Our medievalists answer your biggest questions

    Mar 11, 2021

  9. What Did People Believe about Animals in the Middle Ages?

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    Manuscript page with illustration of two lions over a smaller animal

    Lions, tigers, and dragons, oh my!

    Jan 26, 2021

  10. Two Armenian Manuscripts Join the Getty Collection

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    Page from a manuscript, featuring a colorful illustration of shepherds and the Magi surrounding the infant Christ

    Learn more about the new additions

    Dec 21, 2020