The architectural historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described the village of Great Tew as ‘unforgettable’ and the same can be said of the parish church dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. Much of its medieval fabric remains including the shadows of a Passion cycle of wall paintings in the south aisle and the magnificent funerary brass to the county sheriff, John Wilcotes (d. 1422) and his first wife Alice in the chancel of the church. More recent features of interest include the 19th century sculptured effigy for Mary Anne Boulton (1834) in the north of the chancel.
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British Museum Handling Session: Micro-architecture
In February 2015 Lloyd de Beer and Naomi Speakman kindly permitted Courtauld staff and students to examine micro-architectural objects in the British Museum. We saw two wonderful ivories with fairly generic Gothic baldachins, along with this extraordinary 10c (?) ivory cylinder with Passion narratives. This 12c censer cover is an especially wonderful example of dozensContinue reading “British Museum Handling Session: Micro-architecture”
British Museum Handling Session: Agnus Dei
In November 2015 Lloyd de Beer and Naomi Speakman of the British Museum treated Courtauld staff and students to another handling session, this time of a diverse range of objects with the iconography of the Agnus Dei. The session was kindly led by Irene Galandra Cooper, who is studying the Agnus Dei as part of herContinue reading “British Museum Handling Session: Agnus Dei”
Workshop Reflections: British Museum Handling Session: Becket and Pilgrimage
In January 2016 Courtauld staff and students enjoyed another chance to see some of the BM’s hidden treasures thanks to the kind help of Lloyd de Beer and Naomi Speakman of the BM. This time the theme was the cult of Thomas Becket and other objects associated with pilgrimage
Summer School: intensive introduction to Latin language and literature of the late antique and medieval periods, Notre Dame University, June 13-July 22
Summer School: intensive introduction to Latin language and literature of the late antique and medieval periods, Notre Dame University, June 13-July 22, 2016 Apply now! This summer, the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame is offering an intensive introduction to Latin language and literature of the late antique and medieval periods (please see theContinue reading “Summer School: intensive introduction to Latin language and literature of the late antique and medieval periods, Notre Dame University, June 13-July 22”
Call for Applications: Cathedral Cities. Planning and Building a Medieval Utopia – II TEMPLA Summer School
Call for Applications: Cathedral Cities. Planning and Building a Medieval Utopia – II TEMPLA Summer School, “Nicolau d’Olwer i Pere i Joan Coromines” room, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Carrer del Carme 47, 08001 Barcelona, July 14th-16th 2016 Deadline: May 29, 2016 TEMPLA, a permanent workshop of Medieval Studies composed of specialists from universities, museums and archivesContinue reading “Call for Applications: Cathedral Cities. Planning and Building a Medieval Utopia – II TEMPLA Summer School”
Summer School: Visualizing Venice Workshop – Digital Visualization Training: Mapping and Modeling the Venice Ghetto
Call for Applications: Visualizing Venice Workshop – Digital Visualization Training: Mapping and Modeling the Venice Ghetto Venice International University, Venice, Italy, June 8 – 20, 2016 Deadline: Mar 31, 2016 With the support of The Getty Foundation as part of its Digital Art History initiative, The Wired! Lab at Duke University, Università Iuav di Venezia, the UniversityContinue reading “Summer School: Visualizing Venice Workshop – Digital Visualization Training: Mapping and Modeling the Venice Ghetto”
CFP: International Postgraduate Workshop on Medieval Religious Architecture (28th September – 3rd October 2016)
Deadline: 29th of April 2016 After the success of the first workshop in 2015, we are glad to announce that in this year the second International Postgraduate Workshop on Medieval Religious Architecture will take place, again made possible with the generous support of the Elisabeth und Helmut Uhl Stiftung. This call for applications addresses postgraduate students as well as recentContinue reading “CFP: International Postgraduate Workshop on Medieval Religious Architecture (28th September – 3rd October 2016)”
Workshop: ‘The world comes to Sinai: Saint Catherine’s monastery as a cultural magnet’ (London 6 February 2016)
The World Comes to Sinai: St Catherine’s Monastery and its Library as a Cultural Magnet A Workshop-Conference of the Saint Catherine Foundation Saturday, 6 February 2015, 10.00 to 13.00 Bridgewater House 14 Cleveland Row, SW1A 1DP, London Programme 10.00 Welcoming Remarks Jenny Richardson, Treasurer, Saint Catherine Foundation 10.10 How Did Syriac Manuscripts Get toContinue reading “Workshop: ‘The world comes to Sinai: Saint Catherine’s monastery as a cultural magnet’ (London 6 February 2016)”
Study Day: Opus Anglicanum, British Museum, British Archaeological Association Study Day, 26 November 2015
In the course of the later middle ages, embroiderers in England produced some of the masterpieces of the age. Incredibly detailed and painstakingly created their work was sumptuous and expensive. Often created as church vestments and commissioned by both ecclesiastical and secular patrons, the base textiles were embellished with gold and silver thread, a myriadContinue reading “Study Day: Opus Anglicanum, British Museum, British Archaeological Association Study Day, 26 November 2015”
Medieval Art Research 