Medieval Art Research

Events: Dante’s Inferno/Underground Medieval London (KCL Arts & Humanities Festival ‘underground’, London, 15-24 October 2014)

Events:
Dante’s Inferno/ Underground Medieval London
KCL Arts & Humanities Festival, ‘underground’
London, 15-24 October 2014

The KCL Arts & Humanities Festival, ‘underground’, will be taking place 15-24 October 2014. The following events, sponsored by CLAMS (Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies) may be of particular interest:

Dante’s Inferno: a marathon reading
17th October, 1pm-7pm
This event, which will take place in the college Chapel, will involve the whole of Dante’s Inferno, in Robin Kirkpatrick’s translation, being read over the course of six hours by over 30 volunteers, interspersed with appropriate musical interruptions.

Underground Medieval London: Performance
21st October 10am-12pm, St Etheldreda’s Church, 14 Ely Place, London, EC1N 6RY
The first in a series of events exploring Underground Medieval London: drop-in to the atmospheric crypt of St Etheldreda’s Church in Ely Place to see a site-specific performance from the Irish artist Ceara Conway. Working with a group of PhD students from King’s College London, Ceara has created a performance piece for the thirteenth century crypt underneath St Etheldreda’s Church inspired by the location and the story of St Etheldreda.

Underground Medieval London: Guided Tours
21st October, 12-1pm and 5-6pm, starting at St Etheldreda’s Church, 14 Ely Place, London, EC1N 6RY
Take a journey through underground medieval London on a walking tour through the hidden medieval sights of central London with PhD students from King’s College London as your guides.The tour starts at the beautiful thirteenth century crypt of St Etheldreda’s, where you will hear about the severed hand of St Etheldreda, still kept in this church at the heart of the city of London. You will visit medieval inns, dubious medieval pubs, hidden crypts, and hear the story of the Knights Templar!

Underground Medieval London: Panel Discussion
21st October, 7.30-9pm, Old Committee Room Strand Campus
The Underground Medieval London series will conclude with a panel discussion on creative engagements with the medieval with Ceara Conway, Dr Josh Davies, Kathryn Maude and Jessica Barker.This an opportunity to hear Irish artist and singer Ceara Conway reflect upon her engagement with the medieval past in her work, she will also answer any questions about her specially commissioned performance for St Etheldreda’s crypt. Ceara will speak alongside academics who will discuss their creative responses to their own medieval research on the city, saint’s cults and devotional culture.

For the full programme of the festival and to book tickets, please visit the festival website.

Conference: Die deutschen Dominikaner und Dominikanerinnen 1221-1515 (Cologne, 6-8 November 2014)

Conference:
Die deutschen Dominikaner und Dominikanerinnen 1221-1515
Cologne, 6-8 November 2014

Prof. Dr. Sabine von Heusinger veranstaltet gemeinsam mit P. Elias H. Füllenbach, OP und PD Dr. Klaus-Bernward Springer vom Institut zur Erforschung der Geschichte des Dominikanerordens im deutschen Sprachraum sowie P. Prof. Dr. phil. Walter Senner OP, Institutum S. Thomae / Pontificia Universitas S. Thomae de Aquino in Urbe (Roma), eine Konferenz zu den deutschen Dominikaner und Dominikanerinnen 1221-1515 in Vorbereitung auf das 800jährige Ordensjubiläum 2016.

Programm:

Donnerstag, den 6. November 2014

Workshop
Sektionsleitung: Julia Bruch (Köln)

9:00 Uhr: Begrüßung: Klaus-Bernward Springer (Köln)

9:15 Uhr: Ursula Overhage (Bremen): Konflikt und Konsens. Der Streit um
das Dortmunder Dominikanerkloster (1309-1330)

9:45 Uhr: Matthias Standke (Dresden): Vom Stiften des Gemeinsinns und
Gruenden der Gemeinschaft. Legendarisches Erzählen vom Heiligen
Dominikus als Ordensgründer

10:15 Uhr: Nedim Rabić (Sarajevo): Im blinden Winkel der
Geschichte: Johannes von Wildeshausen als Bischof von Bosnien
1233/34-1237

Sektionsleitung: Klaus-Bernward Springer (Köln)
11:15 Uhr: Christine Andrä (Regensburg): Ein Konvent im Spiegel seines
Chorbuchs. Das Lektionar der Regensburger Dominikanerinnen

11:45 Uhr: Judith Venjakob (Erlangen): Zur bildlichen Darstellung eines
Formicarius-Exempels: Der illusionistische Hexenflug im
Titelholzschnitt zu Geilers Predigt ‘Am mitwoch nach Reminiscere. Von
den Unholden oder von den Hexen’ 1516

12:15 Uhr: Johann Schulz (Frankfurt a.M.): Die Ausstattung der
Dominikanerkirche in Frankfurt a.M. zum Ende des 15. und zu Beginn des
16. Jahrhunderts

Konferenz

14:30 Uhr: Begrüßung
Sektion I: Innovation und Tradition
Sektionsleitung: Gisela Muschiol (Bonn)

15:00 Uhr: Paul Hellmeier OP (München): Schule oder Seelsorge? – Die
Gründung des Predigerordens aus der Chorherrentradition

15:45 Uhr: Sigrid Hirbodian (Tübingen): Die Dominikanerinnen: Ein
Überblick

17:00 Uhr: Sabine von Heusinger (Köln): Dominikaner in der Stadt

17:45 Uhr: Andreas Rüther (Bochum): Mönche der Märkte und Messen. Zur
Wahrnehmung und Deutung von Predigern und Städten im späteren
Mittelalter

Öffentlicher Abendvortrag
20:00 Uhr: in der Dom- und Diözesanbibliothek (Köln),
Kardinal-Frings-Str. 1
Peter Segl (Bayreuth): Deutsche Dominikaner im Kampf gegen Dämonen,
Ketzer und Hexen

Freitag, den 7. November 2014

Sektion II: Wissen ist Macht – Das Dominikanische Studiensystem und die
Predigt
Sektionsleitung: Andreas Speer (Köln)

9:00 Uhr: Susana Bullido del Barrio (Bonn): Intellectus sacrae
scripturae – Albertus Magnus und die Bibelstudien des Dominikanerordens

9:45 Uhr: Alessandra Beccarisi (Lecce): Eckhart als Theologe

11:00 Uhr: Maxime Mauriège (Köln): Die dominikanische Prägung des
Lehrsystems der deutschen Mystik

11:45 Uhr: Julia Burkhardt (Heidelberg): Predigerbrüder im Bienenstock
des Herrn. Dominikanische Identität(en) im Werk des Thomas von Cantimpré

Sektion III: Hören und Sehen
Sektionsleitung: Susanne Wittekind (Köln)

14:30 Uhr: Livia Cárdenas (Basel): Genealogie und Charismatik.
Imaginationen dominikanischer Verwandtschaften im Spätmittelalter

15:15 Uhr: Vera Henkelmann (Aachen): Die Ausstattung von St. Johann in
Dortmund – multimediale Glaubensverkündigung und Marienverehrung der
Dominikaner im Spätmittelalter

16:30 Uhr: Christine Kratzke (Kiel): Identitätsstiftung und
Repräsentation bei den Lübecker Dominikanern: Neue Studien zum
Burgkloster in der Hansestadt

17:15 Uhr: Xenia Stolzenburg (Marburg): Nochmal von vorn. Die
spätmittelalterliche Neuausstattung der Dominikanerkirche in Frankfurt
am Main

Konzert in St. Andreas (Köln):
20:00 Uhr: Verbum Dei – Musik aus dem Dominikanerinnenkloster Paradies
bei Soest mit Ars Choralis Coeln, Ltg. Maria Jonas

Samstag, den 8. November 2014

Sektion IV: Das Eigene und das Fremde
Sektionsleitung: Sabine von Heusinger (Köln)

9:00 Uhr: Stefanie Neidhardt (Tübingen): Magdalena Kremerin und ihr
Umgang mit der Mystik in Zeiten der Observanz

9:45 Uhr: Sabine Schmolinsky (Erfurt): Maria Magdalena oder Katharina
als Patrozinien von Dominikanerinnenklöstern – arm oder reich?

11:00 Uhr: Elias H. Füllenbach OP (Bonn): Der
Pfefferkorn-Reuchlin-Streit und die Dominikaner. Antijudaismus zwischen
Scholastik und Humanismus

11:45 Uhr: Walter Senner OP (Rom): Innovation, Konsens, Konflikt in
Konstitutionen und auf Generalkapiteln

12:30 Uhr: Abschlussdiskussion

14:30 Uhr: Stadtführung von Letha Böhringer (Köln) oder Führung im
Museum Schnütgen durch die Ausstellung “Die Heiligen Drei Könige” von
Tobias Kanngießer (Bonn)

Conference: Clothing Sacred Scripture (Zurich, 9-11 October 2014)

International Conference:
Clothing Sacred Scripture: Book Art and Book Religions in the Middle Ages
9-11 October 2014
Universitaet Zuerich, Raemistrasse 71, KOL-G-217

In a traditional perspective, book religions are seen as agents of logocentrism, establishing a sharp dichotomy between scripture and aesthetics, religion and art. The conference aims to broaden this perspective by a comparative and transcultural approach to religious
book culture exploring the specific »aesthetics of inlibration« of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in the Middle Ages. The conference will reflect upon the different strategies of »clothing« sacred texts with precious materials and ornate forms in pretypographic cultures to create a close relation between the divine words and their human
audience. Conducted by an art historical focus the conference contributes to the nexus between sacred scripture and art by exploring how art shapes the religious practice of books, and how the central importance of religious books shapes the evolution of artistic practices.

Programme

Thursday 9 October 2014

10:00-10:30 David Ganz (Universitaet Zuerich)
Welcome and Introduction

Chair: Barbara Schellewald (Universitaet Basel)

10:30-11:15 Bruno Reudenbach (Universitaet Hamburg)
Liturgical Reading and/or Presence. Observations on Early Medieval
Gospel Books

11:15-11:45 Coffee Break

11:00-11:45 Sarit Shalev-Eyni (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Aural and Performing Aspects of Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts for
Liturgical and Ritual Use

12:30-14:00 Lunch Break

Chair: Sophie Schweinfurth (Universitaet Zuerich)

14:00-14:45 Vera Beyer (Freie Universitaet Berlin)
When Writers Dream of Mental Sight… Images of Dreams as Mediators
between Material and Immaterial Aspects of Persian and French
Manuscripts

14:45-15:30 Finnbarr Barry Flood (New York University)
Bodies, Books and Buildings: Economies of Ornament in Juridical Islam

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

Chair: Anna Buecheler (Universitaet Zuerich)

16:00-16:45 Michelle Brown (University of London)
Concealed yet Revealed: Empowering Unseen Text by Iconic External
Visualisation, from the Freer Gospels to the Lough Kinale Bookshrine

16:45-17:30 Karin Krause (The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Divine Tablets, Heavenly Scrolls. Images and Metaphors of Sacred
Scripture in Byzantium

17:30-18:00 Coffee Break

18:00-18:45 Robert S. Nelson (Yale University)
Dressing and Undressing Greek Lectionaries in Florence

18:45 Apéro

Friday 10 October 2014

Chair: Silke Tammen (Universitaet Giessen)

9:00-9:45 Barbara Schellewald (Universitaet Basel)
Holy Scripture as Body of Christ. The Book in the Byzantine Liturgy

9:45-10:30 Vladimir Ivanovici (Università della Svizzera Italiana
Mendrisio)
The Ritual Display of Jewelled Bibles in Late Antiquity: Aesthetic and
Typological Implications

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11.00-11.45 Carsten Juwig (Universitaet Hamburg)
Clothing the Corruptible with Incorruption. Views of Book and Baptism

11:45-12:30 Lindsey Smith (University of York)
Glorious Bookends: The Performance of Ivory Embellishing Sacred Text
and the Connection between Consumer, Image and the Word of God

12:30-14:00 Lunch Break

Chair: Vera Beyer (Freie Universitaet Berlin)

14:00-14:45 Silke Tammen/Romina Ebenhoech (Universitaet Giessen)
“Wearing Devotional Books”: Book-shaped Miniature Pendants (15th–16th
Centuries)

14:45-15:30 Rostislav Tumanov (Universitaet Hamburg)
Devotional Experience in a Jewellery Case: The Peculiar Layouts of two
Late Medieval Books of Hours

15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

16:00-16:45 Thomas Rainer (Bayerische Schloesserverwaltung Muenchen)
Adoring God’s Name: Images of the Torah Case (Tik) and its Erasure in
Medieval Jewish and Christian Manuscripts (13th–15th Century)

16:45-17:30 Maria Portmann (Universitaet Muenchen)
Jewish Writings and Holy Scripture in Christian Paintings in Spain
during the Late Medieval Period

Saturday 11 October 2014

Chair: Tobias Frese (Universitaet Heidelberg)

9:00-9:45 David Ganz (The Medieval Institute, The University of Notre
Dame)
Performativity and Punctuation: Reflections on Carolingian Passion
Narratives and their Liturgical Role

9:45-10:30 Beatrice Kitzinger (Stanford University)
The Mantle of History: Carolingian-era Gospel Illumination in Narrative
Mode

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-11:45 Anna Buecheler (Universitaet Zuerich)
Clothing the Saints: Two Textile-Ornamented Lives of Saints from the
11th century

11:45-12:30 Tina Bawden (Freie Universitaet Berlin)
Clothing the Page: Topological Functions of Colour in Early Medieval
Illuminated Manuscripts

12:30-14:00 Lunch Break

Chair: David Ganz (Universitaet Zuerich)

14:00-14:45 Eyal Poleg (Queen Mary College, University of London)
A Text without a Book, in the Middle Gilt and Ornate with Gems: The
Bible in Liturgy and Courts of Law

14:45-15:30 Gia Toussaint (Universitaet Hamburg)
Two are Better than One: An Essay on Relics in Medieval Book Covers

15:30-16:00 Final Discussion

Organizers: Prof. Dr. David Ganz (Universitaet Zuerich), Prof. Dr.
Barbara Schellewald (Universitaet Basel)

Information: Sophie Schweinfurth (sophie.schweinfurth@uzh.ch)

CFP: 15th International Congress of Turkish Art (Naples, 16-18 September 2015)

Call for Papers:
15th International Congress of Turkish Art (ICTA)
Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Dipartimento Asia, Africa e Mediterraneo (Piazza San Domenico Maggiore 12, Napoli), 16 – 18 September 2015
Deadline: 30 September 2014

We are pleased to inform you that the 15th International Congress of Turkish Art will take place in Naples, at the Università di Napoli “L’Orientale”, from September 16th to 18th 2015. Even though maintaining the traditional topics of the previous congresses, the organizers proposed a specific section devoted to Italy and the Turkish world. They ask participants wishing to give lectures, to submit abstracts on any of the following topics (grouped under three headings):

I. Turkish Arts and Aesthetics
a) Architecture
b) Painting, painters and the decorative arts
c) Arts of the book
d) Arts of fire: Tiles, ceramics and glass
e) Metalwork
f) Rugs and textiles
g) Scholars, collectors and collections
h) Turkish Arts in Europe/Italian collections

II. Italy and the Turkish World: Interactions
a) Architecture and decoration
b) Trade, diplomacy and the arts
c) The image of the Turk in Italian art
d) Naples and the Ottoman World
e) Music and performing arts

III. Archeology/Excavations

The languages of the Congress will be Turkish, English and Italian. The papers should not exceed 20 minutes in duration. Abstracts should only be submitted in English (min. length 250, max 500 words) and sent to the Italian Organizing Committee. Simultaneous translation will not be available at the Congress.

In view of the great interest that is expected, the International Organizing Committee reserves the right to decide on the papers to be given on the basis of the abstracts submitted. Adjudication will take place using the blind evaluation method. Those submitting abstracts will be informed of the International Organizing Committee’s decision at the time of the Second Circular is sent out, at latest by November 2014.

Those wishing simply to attend to the Congress (i.e. without reading a paper) should notify the Italian Organizing Committee of their intention to do so by October 30th 2014.

Deadline for proposals: 30 September 2014.
Contact: 15thcongressturkishart@gmail.com

CFP: The World of St. Francis of Assisi (Siena, 17-19 July 2015)

Call for Papers:
The World of St. Francis of Assisi (Siena, 17-10 July 2015)
Deadline: 15 October 2014

When Jorge Bergoglio became the first pope to choose the name Francis, it served as a reminder of Francis of Assisi’s profound effect on the world in the eight centuries since his death. During his lifetime, Francis challenged religious, social, and economic norms and helped reenergize a Church under assault. He founded the most popular religious order of the Middle Ages, and from the thirteenth century up to the present, Franciscans have attracted devotees from Assisi to Latin America and beyond. The program committee invites proposals for papers on any number of topics that consider the legacy of Francis and the Franciscans including:

The meaning and significance of Franciscan art in its medieval, Renaissance, and modern contexts
Francis’ legacy of interfaith dialogue and peacemaking
Female orders of Franciscan nuns, including the Poor Clares and Clarissan Nuns
Francis’ economic, social, and environmental views and their legacy
Franciscan spirituality, poverty, or the teaching of St. Francis to modern audiences
The history of the Franciscan order

This conference is open to scholars from all academic disciplines, including history, art history, literature, English, theology, philosophy, Church history, and environmental studies.

In addition to individual papers, the program committee will also entertain proposals for special sessions (3 papers) and panel discussions on a particular topic.

We welcome 250-word abstracts of papers (20 minutes), with an additional short CV. All proposals will be reviewed by the conference committee. Proposals (in a PDF file, or in Word) should be sent as an email attachment to francisconference2015@gmail.com by October 15, 2014. Notification of acceptance will be sent by November 15, 2014.

The conference will be held in Siena at the Siena School for the Liberal Arts. It will include keynote lectures by Fr. Michael Cusato (Director of the Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure) and Ron Herzman, SUNY Geneseo Distinguished Teaching Professor of English. A dinner for conference participants is planned for Saturday night, as well as an excursion to Assisi with a guided tour led by Dr. William R. Cook (SUNY Geneseo Dinstiguished Teaching Professor of History) for Sunday.

For more information on the conference, including lodging suggestions and transportation details, please visit the conference website: http://www.geneseo.edu/history/world-st-francis-assisi

All participants are responsible for their own lodging and travel arrangements. No travel funding is available.

The registration fee for the conference will be $180, with a discount for early registration before December 1, 2015 ($160). The fee includes Saturday’s group dinner.

Organizing committee:
Bradley R. Franco (University of Portland)
Weston Kennison (SUNY Geneseo)
Beth Mulvaney (MeredithCollege)
Mario Ascheri (Università Roma 3)

Conference: The Doors of Andrija Buvina in Split Cathedral, Split, Croatia, 23-24 September 2014

Knjizevni krug Split
Institut za povijest umjetnosti – Centar Cvito Fiskovic, Split
Zavod za znanstveni i umjetnicki rad HAZU Split

Scientific committee: Josko Belamaric & Guido Tigler
Editors of the Conference: Xavier Barall i Altet, Igor Fiskovic, Vladimir Peter Goss, Branko Jozic, Luca Mor

Schedule of Papers

Tuesday, September, 23

9.00
Words of Welcome by the Archbishop of Split and Makarska, Msgr Marin
Barisic and Mayor of Split, Ivo Baldasar

The Beginning of the International Scholarly Conference, Opening
Addresses by Josko Belamaric and Guido Tigler

First Session
Chairmen: Igor Fiskovic i Gaetano Curzi

9.30 – 9.50 Vladimir Peter Goss (Rijeka):
Andrija Buvina and the Early Croatia Art in Wood

10.00 – 10.20 Josko Belamaric (Split):
Andrija Buvina – pictor de Spaleto, a Master Rooted in the Historical
and Artistic Reality of the Split and Dalmatia of the 1200s

10.30 – 10.50 Guido Tigler (Firenze):
Andrea Buvina era anche un intagliatore o solo un pittore?

11.00 – 11.15 Break

11.15 – 11.35 Judit Gál i Mirko Sardelic (Budimpesta – Zagreb):
Archbishop Bernard (1200-1217) between Hungary and Split

11.45 – 12.05 Branko Jozic (Split):
Manuscript Codex 626 C from the Treasury of Split Cathedral – Riddles
and Results

12.15 – 12.35 Emanuela Elba (Bari):
Immagini a modello. Il ciclo della vita di Cristo nella pittura e nelle
arti suntuarie dell’area Adriatica tra XI e XIII secolo

12.45 – 13.00: Break

13.00 – 13.20 Radoslav Buzancic (Split):
Andrija Buvina and Radovan. The Message of Salvation on the Portals of
the Split and Trogir Cathedrals

13.30 – 13.50 Xavier Barall i Altet (Rennes):
Signatures, représentations et organisation du travail, formules et
perception sociale des formules. Réflexions sur le travail du bois à la
fin de l’époque romane et au début du gothique, à propos des portes de
la cathédrale de Split

Wednesday, September, 24

Second Session
Chairmen: Xavier Barall i Altet i Branko Jozic

9.00 – 9.20 Dino Milinovic (Zagreb):
Identifying Models in Medieval Art: two Christological Cycles in
Croatian Medieval Art

9.30 – 9.50 Daniela Matetic Poljak (Split):
The Ornamention of Buvina’s Doors – Tradition and Innovation

10.00 – 10.20 Franko Coric (Zagreb):
Buvina Doors – A Unique Testimony to the Paradigm Shift in the Theory
of Monument Protection

10.30 – 10.50 Zana Matulic Bilac (Split):
Split’s Cathedral Romanesque Portal Wooden Doors – Conservation Project
2014/2015

11.00 – 11.30: Break

11.30 – 11.50 Igor Fiskovic (Zagreb):
Romanesque Sculpture from Dubrovnik Cathedral

12.00 – 12.20 Pavusa Vezic (Zadar):
Anatomy of a Lost Monument – a Recomposition of the Facade of the
Romanesque Cathedral in Zadar

12.30 – 12.45: Break

12.45 – 13.05 Gaetano Curzi (Pescara):
Medieval Wooden Doors in Central Italy: A Reconsideration

13.45 – 14.05 Luca Mor (Udine):
Su alcune sculture lignee nel Patriarcato di Aquileia tra i secoli XII
e XIII

14.15 – 14.35 Fulvio Cervini (Firenze):
Wooden Sculpture and Metalworks about 1200: some case studies

Closing of the Conference

Murder in the Cathedral in Putney

KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA — St Mary’s, Putney Bridge

Something Wicked Theatre are pleased to announce their upcoming performance of T.S. Eliot’s modern classic, in the historic and atmospheric surroundings of St. Mary’s Church in Putney, famous location of the ‘Putney Debates’ held in the seventeenth century during the English Civil War.

Murder in the Cathedral is the poetic dramatization of an equally iconic event in English history, the murder of Thomas Beckett in 1170 by the knights of King Henry II in Canterbury Cathedral. Our play, directed by award‐winning director,Adam Morley, and performed by trained actors, will focus strongly on the medieval context, making the most of this ancient church setting, using natural lighting and contemporary music to enhance the actors’ performance.

Performances

Wed, Oct 8^th: Matinee. 1.00pm: Food. 2.00pm: Theatre

Thurs, Oct 9^th: Matinee. 1.00pm: Food. 2.00pm: Theatre

Evening. 7.00pm: Food. 8.00pm: Theatre

Fri, Oct 10^th: Evening. 7.00pm: Food. 8.00pm: Theatre

Sat, Oct 11^th: Evening. 7.00pm: Food. 8.00pm: Theatre

(Please note that there is no evening performance on Oct 8th)

Theatre ticket prices: £14, £12 concs.

A medieval‐style meal will be offered to complement the performance in Putney Pantry, the restaurant adjoining St Mary’s Church

Tickets purchased separately £12; joint ticket theatre/meal £22

For further information regarding the meal, please contact Putney Pantry on: 0208 789 1137 orinfo@putneypantry.com.

To book tickets, please contact TicketSource as follows :

Through their website: somethingwicked.ticketsource.co.uk

By telephone: 0333 666 3366

Please note that there is a single fee of 1.50 for booking by telephone or online.

NB: TicketSource is a booking service only and cannot answer queries regarding times, etc, all of which should be addressed directly to the Church on 020 8394 6063.

Publication News: New Issue of “Different Visions”

Publication News:
Different Visions: A Journal of New Perspectives on Medieval Art
Issue Five: Female Sexualities

Different Visions: A Journal of New Perspectives on Medieval Art is a web-based, open-access, peer-reviewed annual, devoted to progressive scholarship on medieval art. The fifth issue of Different Visions is devoted to Female Sexualities and guest co-edited by Sherry Lindquist and Mati Meyer. As Sherry states in her introduction, the papers in this issue had their origin in a session devoted to this topic at the 2010 International Medieval Congress at Leeds. It is very exciting to be publishing them now in Different Visions. For free online-access to all articles, see here: http://differentvisions.org/issue-five/

Content

Sherry C.M. Lindquist. Introduction: Visualizing Female Sexuality in Medieval Cultures

Sarah Salih, King’s College London: The Trouble with “Female Sexuality”

Mati Meyer, The Open University of Israel: Theologizing or Indulging Desire: Bathers in the Sacra Parallela (Paris, BnF, gr. 923)

Marian Bleeke, Cleveland State University: “Hag of the Castle:” Women, Family, and Community in Later Medieval Ireland

Sarit Shalev-Eyni, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: The Bared Breast in Medieval Ashkenazi Illumination: Cultural Connotations in a Heterogeneous Society

Elina Gertsman, Case Western Reserve University: Si grant ardor: Transgression and Transformation in the Pühavaimu Altarpiece

CFP: Concilium Lateranense IV (Rome, 25-29 November 2015)

Call for Papers:
Concilium Lateranense IV
Commemorating the Octocentenary of the Fourth Lateran Council of 1215
Rome, 25-29 November 2015
Deadline: 1 November 2014

On Monday 30 November 1215 in the Basilica of St John Lateran, Innocent III brought the first assembly of the whole Church since the Council of Chalcedon (451) to a rousing finale by summoning all the delegates to unite in faith and by issuing Ad Liberandam, an encyclical calling for a crusade to liberate the Holy Land. This Council, fourth in the Lateran series but the twelfth ecumenical gathering of the Church in the Western tradition, included the five patriarchs or their representatives, together with more than one thousand bishops, abbots and other dignitaries, both ecclesiastical and secular. At each of the three plenary sessions held on 11, 20 and 30 November respectively, Innocent preached a set-piece sermon whilst, behind the scenes, delegates debated such major issues as who was more worthy to lead the Empire and how to contain the Albigensian heresy.
The accounts of eyewitnesses reveal that Innocent’s consecration of Santa Maria in Trastevere and celebrations for the anniversary of the dedication of the Vatican Basilica served not only to emphasize the history, majesty and ritual of the Church but also offered a welcome respite from the intensive discussions in the Lateran Palace. The Fathers of the Council promulgated seventy decrees, covering topics as diverse as heresy, Jewish-Christian relations, pastoral care and Trinitarian theology as well as ecclesiastical governance. Monks and secular clergy were to be reformed, the nascent mendicant orders welcomed to the Church and diocesan bishops instructed to implement far-reaching conciliar decisions across Christendom.

Eight hundred years on, Lateran IV still stands as the high-water mark of the medieval papacy, its political and ecclesiastical decisions enduring down to the Council of Trent whilst modern historiography has deemed it the most significant papal assembly of the Later Middle Ages. In November 2015, we have a unique opportunity to re-evaluate the role of this Council in the reform of the universal Church. Taking an inter-disciplinary approach, we shall investigate how its decisions affected the intellectual, cultural, social and religious life of the medieval world. We particularly encourage individual papers from disciplines such as art history, theology, canon law, crusade studies, literature and from those who work on relations between Jews and Christians, which we hope will broaden current interpretations of the events of the Council, their subsequent importance and long-term impact. Alternatively, three-paper session proposals on a common theme will also be most welcome.

Papers may be delivered in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish but must be limited to 30 minutes. Abstracts of no more than 200 words with all the necessary contact details should be sent no later than 1 November 2014.

Please direct any questions to fourthlateranat800@gmail.com
For further information, see: http://lateraniv.com

New Publication: Royal Manuscripts Conference Papers Now Online (Electronic British Library Journal 2014)

New Publication:
Royal Manuscripts Conference Papers Now Online
Electronic British Library Journal 2014 (articles 4–10)

The British Library is pleased to announce that selected papers from the two-day international conference associated with the ‘Royal Manuscripts’ exhibition (11 November 2011 – 13 March 2012) are now available on the Electronic British Library Journal 2014 (articles 4–10).

Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination showcased over 150 richly decorated manuscripts associated with and collected by English monarchs between the ninth and sixteenth centuries. Drawn mainly from the Old Royal library given to the nation by George II in 1757, the exhibited manuscripts revealed a magnificent artistic inheritance and provided a vivid insight into the lives and aspirations of those for whom they were made.

On the 12-13 December 2011, seventeen speakers gathered in the British Library to discuss different aspects of the Royal collection, from the makers and users of these books to content as diverse as genealogy and law, legend and history, and liturgy. An account of the conference, its speakers and their subjects, can be read here.

Source: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2014/09/royal-manuscripts-conference-papers-now-online.html