Category Archives: Publications

New Publication: ‘The Ponte Vecchio: Architecture, Politics, and Civic Identity in Late Medieval Florence’ by Theresa Flanigan

Drawing upon new documentary research, this is the first in-depth modern scholarly study of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence.

New Publication: ‘Zoomorphic Incense Burners of Medieval Khurasan: A study of Islamic metalwork’ by Elizabeth C. Kelly

This new book examines the role, function and meaning of medieval zoomorphic incense burners.

New Publication: ‘Secret Spaces: Sacred Treasuries in England 1066–1320’, by Lesley Milner

Discover this new book ‘Secret Spaces: Sacred Treasuries in England 1066–1320’ by Lesley Milner, which explores the architectural and cultural significance of medieval treasure houses.

New Publication ‘Les Saintes-Chapelles du XIIIe au XVIIIe siècle: Arts – Politique – Religion’, edited by Etienne Anheim and David Fiala

From the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, founded by Saint Louis in the mid-13th century and abolished in 1787, to the Sainte-Chapelles ranging from Bourges to Dijon or Chambéry, forming a network of sacredness for the princes of the House of France, this book traces the political, religious, and artistic history of a crucial imaginary institution for the Kingdom of France.

New Publication: ‘Crusader Rhetoric and the Infancy Cycles on Medieval Baptismal Fonts in the Baltic Region’ by Harriet M. Sonne De Torrens

Explore the intertwining of crusader ideology with the liturgy in this new book, which offers an unprecedented look into how twelfth-and-thirteenth-century art reflects political ambitions and religious narratives.

New Publication: ‘Illuminating the Vitae patrum: The Lives of Desert Saints in Fourteenth-Century Italy’, by Denva Gallant

Explore ‘Illuminating the Vitae patrum’ by Denva Gallant, a new book that reveals how 14th-century Italians embraced the Desert Fathers, as seen in the Morgan Library’s illustrated MS M.636.

Call for Submissions: ‘Storytelling and the Middle Ages’, deadline 1 May 2024

Submissions are invited for the upcoming Trivent Medieval series which examines the cultural practice of storytelling in and about the Middle Ages. It aims at advancing our understanding of the art and practice of storytelling in the global Middle Ages in different languages and media.

New Publication: ‘The Routledge Handbook of Byzantine Visual Culture in the Danube Regions, 1300-1600’, Edited By Maria Alessia Rossi and Alice Isabella Sullivan

The Routledge Handbook of Byzantine Visual Culture in the Danube Regions, 1300–1600 brings to light the interconnectedness of this broad geographical area too often either studied in parts or neglected altogether, emphasising its shared history and heritage of the regions of modern Greece, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Czechia.