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Excursion: Walking tour of the Medieval Book Trade of Paris, led by Christopher de Hamel and Sandra Hindman, 8 April 2017

The group will meet outside the west front of Notre-Dame, where the outlines of the former medieval street of the rue Neuve-Notre-Dame are marked on the paving. Right here was the absolute dawn of the book trade in Europe. Here the earliest professional booksellers had their shops from around 1200, together with parchment-sellers, illuminators, scribes and book-binders.

Casting the Real in Petrach’s Time (New York, 4-5 May 17)

Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York, May 4 – 05, 2017 <https://www.york.ac.uk/history-of-art/news-and-events/events/2017/may4-5castingthereal/&gt; Casting the Real: Reproduction, Translation and Interpretation in Petrach’s Time The History of Art department of the University of York is pleased to sponsor ‘Casting the Real: Reproduction, Translation, and Interpretation in Petrarch’s Time’, an international workshop that explores the ways fourteenth-century poets, intellectuals,Continue reading “Casting the Real in Petrach’s Time (New York, 4-5 May 17)”

Objekte und Eliten – Kunstproduktion im 12. und 13. Jh. (Muenchen, 19-21 May 17)

München: Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, 19. – 21.05.2017 Registration deadline: May 12, 2017 <www.objekte-und-eliten.de/> Objekte und Eliten – Neue Forschungen zur Kunstproduktion im 12. und 13. Jahrhundert in ihrem intellektuellen Kontext

The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Muslim-Christian Interchange (Princeton, 19-20 May 17)

Louis A. Simpson International Building, Room 399, Princeton USA, May 19 – 20, 2017 <https://ica.princeton.edu/conferences/&gt; The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Muslim-Christian Interchange In collaboration with the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas in Madrid and Princeton’s departments of Art & Archaeology and History, the Index of Christian Art will sponsor a two-day interdisciplinary conference.

CFP: Visual Resources, issue: Digital Art History

Deadline: Jul 1, 2017 <http://explore.tandfonline.com/cfp/ah/gvir-cfp-digital-art-history-1q2017&gt; Digital Art History – Where Are We Now? Special issue of Visual Resources In 2013, Visual Resources published a special issue devoted to Digital Art History. We recognize that since that date considerable activity has taken place in this area, which was then still in a phase of relative infancy. We feel thatContinue reading “CFP: Visual Resources, issue: Digital Art History”