This new publication explores the diverse roles of textiles in manuscripts from late antiquity to the early modern period, highlighting their connections to global trade and cultural interactions across various regions.
Author Archives: Roisin Astell
Call for submissions: Metropolitan Museum Journal, deadline 15 September 2026
The Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed Metropolitan Museum Journal invites submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection.
New Publication: ‘Collezioni del Museo Civico d’Arte Antica di Torino’
The publication ‘Collezioni del Museo Civico d’Arte Antica di Torino’ presents a comprehensive catalogue of the Museo Civico’s illuminated manuscripts and fragments, showcasing a diverse collection dated between 1270 and 1510, enriched by collaborative research and advanced analysis techniques.
New Publication: ‘Tributes to T.A. Heslop: From Miniature to Monumental: Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture’, edited by Lloyd de Beer, Helen Lunnon, and Zachary Stewart
Ranging in subject from cathedrals and castles to seal matrices and illuminated manuscripts, these essays pay tribute to T. A. Heslop’s wide-ranging impact as a scholar and a teacher, charting new paths for the study of the material culture of medieval Britain.
CFP: ‘The Art of the Choir in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean World’, deadline 30 September 2026
The University of Cyprus is inviting submissions for a hybrid international conference on ‘The Art of the Choir in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean World,’ focusing on art, performance, and cultural exchange in choir spaces from c. 1000 to 1600, with abstracts due by 30 September 2026.
CFP: ‘Tapestry, Power and Representation in the Sixteenth-Century Low Countries’, Tournai, deadline 8 July 2026
Contributions are invited for an international study day on the theme of “Tapestry, Power and Representation” focusing on two armorial tapestries from the 1530s, exploring their significance within the context of noble representation, chivalric culture, and visual language in the sixteenth-century Low Countries.
New Publication: ‘Episcopal Power and Patronage in Medieval Europe, 998–1503’, edited by Evan Gatti and Angelo Silvestri
This volume illuminates how the role of patron or acts of patronage bring attention to the bishop as a person around whom the community revolves.
Conference: ‘Workshop of Invention: Constructive Geometry and Architectural Form in Gothic Design’, University of Basel, 26-28 June, 2026
This conference, coordinated by Martin Schwarz and Daniel Tischler, is organized in conjunction with the exhibition Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which features key sheets from the Basel Goldschmiedrisse.
CFP: ‘Medieval Art in Silesia’ (Wrocław, 3-5 December 2026), deadline 28 June 2026
The call for papers invites submissions for ‘Medieval Art in Silesia’, focusing on new research and interpretative approaches to Silesian medieval art within the context of broader Central European art history.
Fellowship: Tucher-Fellowship at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Deadline 13 July 2026
The Tucher-Fellowship at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg offers a €1,500 monthly stipend for a six-month research project focused on German art or cultural history, particularly relating to the Tucher family, with applications due by July 13, 2026.
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