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connections between identity making, history, and context of production. The fourth section, “Itineraries from the Atlantic to the Pacific: Travel, Circulation, and Exchange,” considers the movement of people, ideas, and books. Each chapter, focusing on a specific region or cultural connection in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Austronesia, Europe, and the Mediterranean Basin, contributes to the reconstruction of a dynamic image of the Middle Ages as a historical period distinguished by active interactions and cultural exchange. The miscellaneous series of artworks published includes maps, scrolls, manuscripts, prints, rare books, amulets, and screenfolds, among others. These artifacts of historical and cultural interest portray real and imagined worlds through images and texts. There are books that incorporate foreign materials or ideas in their pages and bindings. There are manuscripts that traveled with their owners, physically traversing regional, cultural, or artistic boundaries. All these artworks are featured in 160 stunning illustrations that accompany the essays and case studies, guiding the reader in the discovery and exploration of these intriguing objects produced all over the globe in the Middle Ages. Toward a Global Middle Ages is a volume that is of interest to scholars but also to general audiences, as are most Getty publications. The book is aligned with the efforts that the J. Paul Getty Museum has made throughout the years, through public programs, exhibitions, and symposia, to present to wide audiences a more inclusive view of art history and to engage the public with a variety of unique, outstanding artifacts conceived and created in different historical, cultural, and artistic contexts where various cultures, languages, and religions coexisted. This publication also embraces a diversity of individuals, objects, stories, cultures, and traditions, and engages the reader in an inspiring conversation about illustrated books and globality.