Andrew Casper (Miami Univeristy) was awarded the 2022 Roland H. Bainton Book Prize by the Sixteenth Century Society and Conference (SCSC) for Best Book in Art and Music History.
His book An Artful Relic: The Shroud of Turin in Baroque Italy, published by Penn State University Press in 2021, examines the controversial Shroud of Turin as a religious image from the late 1500s through 1600s.
The Roland H. Bainton Book Prizes are awarded yearly for the best books written in English within the time frame of 1450-1660 in four categories: Art and Music History, History and Theology, Literature, and Reference Works. Criteria for selection include quality and originality of research, methodological skill and/or innovation, development of fresh and stimulating interpretations or insights, and literary quality.
Medieval Art Research 