Submissions are invited for the edited volume ‘The Senses and the Elements. Water, Fire, Air and Earth as Sensorial Triggers in Medieval Religious Contexts’. Deadline is 15 October 2025.
Category Archives: Publications
New Publication: ‘The Medieval Mediterranean between Islam and Christianity: Crosspollinations in Art, Architecture, and Material Culture’, Edited by Sami Luigi De Giosa and Nikolaos Vryzidis
In this volume, thirteen international scholars explore various aspects of pan-Mediterranean Christian-Islamic encounters in material culture and art, from textiles to precious oils, and from metalwork to ceramics, covering most of the Mediterranean, as well as parts of its extended hinterland, from Spain and Italy to Egypt and Georgia.
New Publication: ‘Histoire du Berry’, by Emmanuel Legeard
A new study traces the longue durée of the Berry region from Celtic antiquity to modern memory, but it is the figure of Jean, Duke of Berry (1340–1416), who commands particular attention.
New Publication: ‘Unrepresented: The Suppression of Images in the Middle Ages’ by Robert Couzin
Robert Couzin’s Unrepresented: The Suppression of Images in the Middle Ages is a unique study of figures and attributes left out of the picture.
New Publication: ‘The Twelfth-Century Mosan Reliquary of Pétermonostora’ by Bernát Rácz
This new book examines the two exceptionally large enamel plaques discovered in the excavation of the archaeological site of Pétermonostora (Hungary).
New Open Access Publication: ‘Art médiéval et médiévalisme’, edited by Philippe Cordez
This new open-access volume, the result of work carried out in 2015/2016 at the German Centre for Art History in Paris, brings together fifteen studies on medieval artefacts and their subsequent history, up to the present day.
New Publication: ‘Representations of Saint Anne and the Virgin Mary from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period: Exploring Iconographic Flexibility and Permeability’, edited by Andrea-Bianka Znorovszky
This volume traces the often significant iconographic flexibility in terms of both how the Virgin Mary and Saint Anne were presented and perceived, and what can be termed a permeability between visual representations of the two saints.
New Publication: ‘Art and Drama on a Late Medieval Rood Screen: Unveiling a Mystical Passion’ by Michael Calder
Discover the unique iconographic program of the late medieval rood screens at Berry Pomeroy in this new publication.
New Publication: ‘The Abbey Church of Cluny, The Context and Creation of the Surviving Great Transept’ by C. Edson Armi
In this new publication, C. Edson Armi examines the innovative artistry of Cluny’s surviving transept, exploring its refined design within a rich artistic context. Blending archaeology, architecture, and sculpture, Armi uncovers diverse influences, analyses aesthetics and function, and provides inclusive photography to capture the monument’s power and nuance.
New Publication: ‘The Visual Culture of al-Andalus in the Christian Kingdoms of Iberia’, edited by Inés Monteira
This new book addresses the reception of Islamic visual culture by the northern Iberian kingdoms, by systematically comparing works of art from both sides and fleshing out their historical context.
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