Medieval Art Research

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

CFP: III. Forum Kunst des Mittelalters/Forum Medieval Art (Hildesheim, 16-19 September 2015)

Call for Papers:
III. Forum Kunst des Mittelalters/Forum Medieval Art
Hildesheim, 16-19 September 2015
Deadline: 20 October 2014

The 3rd Forum for Medieval Art will take place in Hildesheim from September 16 – 19, 2015. Colleagues interested in presenting papers are invited to send proposals for the sessions listed below by October 20, 2014 to mail@mittelalterkongress.de. Each presentation should have a length of c. 20 min. Proposals should be limited to no more than 300 words.

Sessions proposed:

1. New Research on Bishoprics and Monasteries in Eastern Central Europe – 10th – 13th Centuries / Neue Forschungen zu Bischofssitzen und Klöstern in Ostmitteleuropa 10.–13. Jahrhundert (GWZO Leipzig – Jiři Fajt & Markus Hörsch / Leipzig)

2. Bishops in the High Middle Ages – Mediators, Donors, Saints / Bischöfe im Hohen Mittelalter – Mittler, Auftraggeber, Heilige (Bruno Klein / Dresden)

3. European and Mediterranean Middle Ages: Trade, Mobility and Cultural Horizons, 600 – 1200 / Europäisches und mediterranes Mittelalter: Handel, Mobilität und kulturelle Horizonte 600-1200 (Manfred Luchterhandt / Göttingen)

4. 1000 Years Bernward’s Bronze Doors / HAS VALVAS FVSILES – 1000 Jahre Bernwardtür (Dommuseum Hildesheim – Michael Brandt, Claudia Höhl & Gerhard Lutz / Hildesheim)

5. A Territorial Landscape in Change: Merseburg Cathedral and 11th Century Architecture in Saxony / Herrschaftslandschaft im Umbruch. Der Merseburger Dom und die Architektur des 11. Jahrhunderts in Sachsen (Institut Europäisches Romanik Zentrum an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg – Wolfgang Schenkluhn & Andreas Waschbüsch / Halle an der Saale)

6. Carolingian Art and the Quest for Authenticity (International Center of Medieval Art – Adam Cohen / Toronto & Genevra Kornbluth / Glenn Dale)

7. Jewellry between Early and Late Middle Ages: Media of Sight and Touch / Schmuck zwischen Früh- und Spätmittelalter: kostbare Dinge – Medien des Blicks und der Berührung (Silke Tammen / Gießen)

8. The Work of Art in the Early Middle Ages: Shifting Borders and New Horizons (Beatrice Kitzinger / Stanford & Joshua O’Driscoll / Cambridge, Mass.)

9. New Research on Bamberg Cathedral and Its Furnishings, 11th – 13th Centuries / Neue Forschungen zum Bamberger Dom und seiner Ausstattung vom 11. bis zum 13. Jahrhundert (Matthias Exner / München & Gerhard Weilandt / Greifswald)

10. New Research on Early and High Medieval Architecture in Italy / Neue Forschungen zur früh- und hochmittelalterlichen Architektur in Italien (Werner Jacobsen / Münster & Hildegard Sahler / München)

11. New Research on Liturgical Vestments until the 12th Century / Neue Forschungen zur liturgischen Gewandung bis zum 12. Jahrhundert (Regula Schorta / Riggisberg)

12. Productivity in the Circle of the Hildesheim Relic Shrines in the 12th and 21st Centuries: Challenges to Interdisciplinary Research / Produktivität im Umkreis der Hildesheimer Reliquienschreine im 12. und 21. Jahrhundert: Herausforderungen an die interdisziplinäre Forschung (Dorothee Kemper / Hildesheim & Hedwig Röckelein / Göttingen)

13. Ornament between Aesthetic and Function: A New Look at Early Medieval Manuscripts / Ornament zwischen Ästhetik und Funktion. Ein neuer Blick auf frühmittelalterliche Handschriften (Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel – Christian Heitzmann / Wolfenbüttel & Gia Toussaint / Hamburg)

14. Sacral Topographies / Sakraltopographien (Bernd Nicolai & Jörg Richter / Bern)

15. Always Wised-Up: The Contribution of Epigraphy to the Dating of Medieval Art / Stets im Bild – der Beitrag der Epigrafik zur Datierung mittelalterlicher Kunst (Christine Wulf / Göttingen)

16. Founders and Memoria from the Brunonids to the Guelfs / Stifter und Memoria von den Brunonen zu den Welfen (Jochen Luckhardt & Heike Pöppelmann / Braunschweig)

17. Around 1200: The Role of Hildesheim in a Time of “European Globalization”/ Um 1200. Die Rolle Hildesheims in einer Zeit „europäischer Globalisierung“ (Klaus Niehr / Osnabrück)

18. Origins: Narratives of Origin of Objects, Materials and Techniques in the Early and High Middle Ages / Ursprünge. Herkunftsnarrative zu Objekten, Materialien und Techniken in Früh- und Hochmittelalter (Philippe Cordez / München & Rebecca Müller / Frankfurt)

19. Wall Paintings in the High Middle Ages: Art History and Conservation / Wandmalerei des hohen Mittelalters: Kunstgeschichte und Restaurierung (Ursula Schädler-Saub / Hildesheim & Heidrun Stein-Kecks / Erlangen)

For the full CFP with an abstract for each session, see: http://mittelalterkongress.de/mittelalterkongress/wb/pages/posts/call-for-papers-english-version—3rd-forum-medieval-art—hildesheim—september-2015-28.php

Further information: www.mittelalterkongress.de

Doctoral Workshop: “Neue Tendenzen der Italienforschung zu Mittelalter und Renaissance” (Florence, 13-15 November 2014)

Doctoral Workshop:
Neue Tendenzen der Italienforschung zu Mittelalter und Renaissance
Florence, Kunsthistorisches Institut – Max-Planck-Institut
13-15 November 2014

unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Ingrid Baumgärtner (Kassel), Prof. Dr. Klaus Herbers
(Erlangen-Nürnberg), Prof. Dr. Alessandro Nova (Florenz/Frankfurt am Main) und Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wolf (Florenz/Berlin).

Vom 13. bis 15. November 2014 findet am Kunsthistorischen Institut (Max-Planck-Institut) in Florenz der interdisziplinäre und internationale Workshop „Neue Tendenzen der Italienforschung zu Mittelalter und Renaissance“ für Nachwuchswissenschaftler_innen statt. Unter Leitung von vier im Bereich der Italienforschung ausgewiesenen Expert_innen sowie zwei eingeladenen Keynote-Speakers präsentieren fortgeschrittene Doktorand_innen und Post-Docs ihre Projekte aus der Geschichte des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit sowie aus der mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Kunstgeschichte. Zur Diskussion stehen dabei sowohl inhaltliche Fragen als auch die theoretische und methodische Ebene. Zentrales Anliegen des Workshops ist es, die jüngeren Ansätze der Italienforschung in Geschichte und Kunstgeschichte zusammenzubringen, zu kommentieren, kritisch zu würdigen und vor allem dieses Themenfeld in Deutschland durch den Austausch der Forschenden zu stärken.

Die Schwerpunktbereiche der Tagung sind in insgesamt vier Sektionen gebündelt. Thematische Ausrichtungen wie Kunsttheorie und Begriffsgeschichte, Kirchen- und Herrschaftsgeschichte, Raum- und Stadtgeschichte oder Formen von Sakralität und Objekten stehen mit verschiedenen Zeitschnitten in Korrelation, also dem Hoch- und Spätmittelalter, der Renaissance und der Gegenreformation. Ausgewählte Keynote-Speakers rahmen die Beiträge der Referent_innen ein; sie bieten Anregungen für übergreifende Einordnungen und stehen für die Diskussionen der unterschiedlichen Arbeitsschwerpunkte zur Verfügung. Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an Nachwuchswissenschaftler_innen beider Epochen, beider Disziplinen sowie aller anschlussfähigen Nachbardisziplinen.

Programm

Donnerstag 13. November 2014

14.30 Alessandro Nova und Gerhard Wolf: Begrüßung
Ingrid Baumgärtner und Klaus Herbers: Einführung

I. Text und Bild im Mittelalter
Diskussionsleitung: Gerhard Wolf (Florenz/Berlin)

14.50 Diana Nitzschke (Erlangen-Nürnberg): Frühchristliche Bodenmosaiken in Sakralbauten im Westen des Römischen Reichs unter besonderer Berücksichtigung Italiens

15.30 Armin Bergmeier (München): Vergrabene Reliquiare und göttliche Visionen. Unsichtbare Bilder im Frühmittelalter

16.40 Larissa Düchting (Erlangen-Nürnberg): Heiligkeit in Süditalien im frühen Mittelalter

17.20 Anselm Rau (Frankfurt am Main): Emotion und Bildgenese. Zur Affektsteuerung im Lignum vitae vor dem Hintergrund der monastischen Meditationskultur

18.30 Keynote-Sprecherin Daniela Bohde (Frankfurt am Main/Marburg): Maria Magdalena am Kreuzesfuß oder: Plädoyer für eine Ikonographie des Ortes

Freitag 14.11. 2014

II. Kirche, Frömmigkeit und Herrschaft im hohen und späten Mittelalter
Diskussionsleitung: Klaus Herbers (Erlangen-Nürnberg)

09.20 Katrin Getschmann (Tübingen): Mönche und Kanoniker im Streit: Ein
Mailänder Konflikt in der ersten Hälfte des zwölften Jahrhunderts

10.00 Viktoria Trenkle (Erlangen-Nürnberg): Expertise und Ehre: Kardinäle im hohen Mittelalter

10.40 Giuseppe Cusa (Frankfurt am Main): Die Laiengeschichtsschreibung in der Mark Verona-Treviso während des politischen Wandels von der Kommune zur Signorie

11.50 Mona Alina Kirsch (Heidelberg): Der Handel in Sizilien von der Machtergreifung Karls I. von Anjou 1266 bis zur Re-Affirmation der aragonesischen Herrschaft im Jahr 1396

12.30 Katharina Weiger (Berlin): Kunst im Königreich Neapel und Giotto: Kreuzigungsikonographie zwischen Tradition und Innovation

III. Signorie, Hofkultur und Gemeinschaft
Diskussionsleitung: Ingrid Baumgärtner (Kassel)

14.30 Vera-Simone Schulz (Berlin): Globale und lokale Nahtstellen zwischen den Künsten. Textile Ästhetik in der Toskana und in Florenz

15.10 Claudia Jentzsch (Berlin): Ordnung und Gemeinschaft. Die Ästhetik der Florentiner Augustinerkirche Santo Spirito

15.50 Gerda Brunnlechner (Hagen): Die ‚Genueser Weltkarte‘ von 1457 – Alternativen und Wandlungen von Raumdarstellungen in der Kartographie des 15. Jahrhunderts

17.00 Andreas Hermann Fischer (Kopenhagen/München): Aufschlag für Alfonso: Tennis im rinascimentalen Ferrara und die Spielkultur(en) des italienischen Cinquecento

17.40 Mauro Spina (Turin): Rapporti figurativi tra Germania del sud e Italia settentrionale nel primo Cinquecento

18.30 Keynote-Sprecherin Petra Schulte (Köln/Frankfurt am Main): Ungleichheit in den italienischen Städten des Hoch- und Spätmittelalters

Samstag 15.11.2014

IV. Religiosität und Affekt – Von der Renaissance bis ins Zeitalter der Gegenreformation
Diskussionsleitung: Alessandro Nova (Florenz/Frankfurt am Main)

9.00 Katharine Stahlbuhk (Hamburg): Der Einsatz von monochromer Monumentalmalerei innerhalb der Kirchenreformen nach dem Großen Schisma und der Observantenbewegung

9.40 Angela Tietze (Bochum): Tiefste Trauer und Angemessenheit – Affektmodellierungen in der bildenden Kunst der Frühen Neuzeit (1450-1750)

10.20 Maurice Saß (Hamburg): „Come cane e gatto” – Affektive Tierblicke als Momente künstlerischer Selbstvergewisserung

11.30 Filine Wagner (Zürich): „Pittore delicatissimo e molto vago“. Die Bedeutung Bernardino Luinis in der Lombardei der Gegenreformation

12.10 Steffen Zierholz (Bern): Räume des Selbst. Kunst und Spiritualität in der Gesellschaft Jesu (1580-1700)

12.50 Schlussdiskussion

Conference: VIIe rencontres internationales des doctorants en études byzantines (Paris, 3-4 October 2014)

Conference:
VIIe rencontres internationales des doctorants en études byzantines
Paris – INHA, 3-4 October 2014

Organisées sur deux jours, ces Rencontres internationales ont pour but de rassembler des étudiants de troisième cycle, français et étrangers, travaillant sur la civilisation byzantine. Quels que soient le champ de recherche et le domaine de spécialisation (histoire, histoire de l’art, archéologie, philologie, etc.), il s’agit de partager les recherches des doctorants en études byzantines ou de disciplines proches (Moyen Âge occidental, monde islamique, peuples des steppes, etc.), les interactions étant toujours fructueuses. Pluridisciplinaires et dynamiques, ces Rencontres souhaitent favoriser les discussions scientifiques et méthodologiques autour des sujets de recherche présentés, afin de développer davantage les échanges d’expériences, de conseil et de points de vue entre les jeunes chercheurs, intervenants et auditeurs.

PROGRAM

Vendredi 3 octobre (salle Walter Benjamin)

9h Accueil

Économie et commerce à Byzance à l’époque tardo-antique

9h30
MARANI Flavia (EPHE et Université de Pise)
La circulation monétaire dans le Latium méridional du royaume ostrogoth à la reconquête byzantine

10h
DRAPELOVA Pavla (Université d’Athènes)
Coins as a Source of Information on a Provincial City : the Case of Antioch (518-565)

10h30
REY Sylvain (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Le commerce tardo-romain dans l’océan Indien : le rôle de l’Arabie (IIIème-VIIème siècles)

11h00
pause café en salle Aby Warburg

11h30
KOROSIS Vassileios (Université d’Athènes)
Les artisans appelés banausoi dans la préfecture d’Illyricum pendant l’Antiquité Tardive (IIIème-VIIème siècle ap. J.C.) selon les données rchéologiques et les sources primaires

12h
LAMESA Anaïs (Université Paris – Sorbonne)
Les monuments rupestres de Cappadoce : de l’étude d’une pratique à la compréhension d’une société

12h30
JUGĂNARU Andra (Central European University, Budapest)
Men, Women, and the Angelic Life :Double Monasteries in Late Antiquity

13h
PEPPA Aikaterini (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Recherches sur l’économie de la ville de Philippes à la fin de l’Antiquité Tardive

13h30-14h30
repas en salle Aby Warburg

Livre et littérature à l’époque médio-byzantine

14h30
ROUQUETTE Maïeul (Université de Lausanne et Université d’Aix-Marseille)
Les apôtres dans la Souda

15h
RĂDUCAN Ana-Maria (Université de Bucarest)
Le Cantique des Cantiques et le discours mystique de saint Syméon le Nouveau Théologien

15h30
pause café en salle Aby Warburg

16h
VUKAŠINOVIĆ Milan (EHESS et Université de Belgrade)
The Authors and Their Families in Two Early Xth Century Byzantine Texts

16h30
SGANDURRA Mariafrancesca (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata)
L’histoire d’un livre liturgique de l’Église byzantine : le Pentecostaire

17h30
Assemblée générale de l’Association des étudiants du Monde byzantin
(AEMB)

Samedi 4 Octobre (salle Walter Benjamin)

9h
Accueil

Société byzantine et vie intellectuelle du XIIème au XVème siècle

9h30
JOUETTE Jean-Cyril (Université d’Aix-Marseille)
Les astrologues, les devins, les magiciens et la guerre (IXème-XIIème siècles)

10h
ROSKILLY Jack (Université Paris I Panthéon- Sorbonne et Université de Vienne)
Les correspondants des évêques : du réseau relationnel aux échelles de pouvoir

10h30
TRANCHINA Antonino (Université de Rome – La Sapienza)
Middle-Byzantine Phialai : a Preliminar Survey, from Constantinople to Provincial Areas

11h00
pause café en salle Aby Warburg

11h30
PARLIER Matthieu (Université Lyon 2)
Filiations et continuité de l’État dans les éloges impériaux sous les premiers Paléologues

12h
KOUVARAS Konstantinos (Université d’Athènes)
La contribution catalytique des ascètes hésychastes à la formation du phychisme de la société byzantine au cours de la seconde moitié du XIVème siècle

12h30
JOVANOVIĆ Jelena (Université de Rome – La Sapienza)
Power, Ideology and Identity : Monastic Foundations in the Late XII Century. Examples of Architectural Commission in the Serbian Medieval State

13h-14h30
repas en salle Aby Warburg

L’art à Byzance aux époques tardives

14h30
NESTOROVIĆ Milica (Université de Belgrade)
Secret Places or Side Story Tellers : Visual Narrative of Late Byzantine Parekklesions

15h
NING Ye (Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand)
Les peintures de Novgorod du XIIIème au XVème siècle

15h30
pause café en salle Aby Warburg

Le monde byzantin perçu par l’Occident

16h
ALEXIU Andra-Nicoleta (Université de Bucarest)
The Reception of the Byzantine World in the Writings of Hildegard of Bingen

16h30
KARNACHOV Alexander (Institut d’Histoire de Saint-Pétersbourg)
Latin glosses in Greek Manuscripts of the XIII-XIV Centuries in St. Petersburg : a tribute to the history of Greek studies in the Middle Ages

17h GRASSI Giulia (Université de Rome – La Sapienza)
Byzance à Paris: l’Exposition d’art byzantin au Musée des Arts Décoratifs en 1931

18h00
Bilan des VIIes Rencontres byzantines

For further information, see here.

Study Day: British Archaeological Association study day at Lincoln Cathedral, 6 October 2014

Study Day:
BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Lincoln Cathedral Study Day ‘making and remaking’
Monday 6th October 2014, 10.15 – 16.30
Registration open until 19th September 2014 (limited spaces)

Lincoln Cathedral has for forty years had a full team of craftsmen, and has contributed to the training of workers at other cathedrals around the country. The ongoing programme of ‘making and remaking’ at Lincoln serves to inform our understanding not only of this particular building but also medieval architecture more widely.

Organised and led by cathedral archaeologist Professor Philip Dixon, this day school is an opportunity to visit the works department and talk to the masons, glaziers and carpenters of the works team, and see their daily work on the cathedral. In the afternoon Professor Dixon will lead a tour of the cathedral to look in detail at areas where the craftsmen’s work can be seen in situ alongside historic material.

The BAA is most grateful to Carol Heidschuster, manager of the works department, for generously hosting this study day. The cost of the day will be £20 for members. The event is free for students.

The cathedral is approx. 3/4 mile walk from Lincoln rail station; alternatively there is a taxi rank at the station. Coffee and biscuits will be provided on arrival at the cathedral works department, but participants will need to make their own arrangements for lunch. The cathedral refectory will be open and serving hot and cold refreshments.

Please note: the afternoon session may involve stairs, heights, confined spaces and other potential hazards. Participants must take responsibility for their own safety at all times.

Places are limited to 20, of which 10 are reserved for students. To apply please e-mail Helen Lunnon – h.lunnon@uea.ac.uk by Friday 19th September, stating if you are a student. In the case of a greater number of applications being received than places available a ballot will be used. Successful candidates will be contacted by email on Monday 22nd September, with a request for payment.

CFP: Voices from the grave – the political function of church monuments from the 13th to 16th century (Leeds 2015)

Call for Papers:
Voices from the grave – the political function of church monuments from the 13th to 16th century
International Medieval Conference, University of Leeds, 6-9 July 2015
Deadline: 15 September 2014

Sponsors: University of Nottingham and University of Amsterdam
Notwithstanding their religious significance, in recent years scholarly attention has increasingly been drawn to the secular and political function of church monuments during the Middle Ages. The location of a tomb, its iconographical content or its stylistic composition could be used to convey a variety of explicit – or indeed implicit – political messages: a statement of solidarity; a marker of group or individual identity; a statement of national or dynastic pride; or a reconstruction of elements of the life of the commemorated.

This session welcomes contributions which focus on any aspect of the political function and utility of church monuments across Europe from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. Proposals in the form of short abstracts (up to 300 words) are invited for papers of a maximum 20 minutes in length. They can be sent to Sanne Frequin (s.frequin@uva.nl) or Matt Ward (matthew.ward@nottingham.ac.uk) before 15th September 2014. The organizers will announce all decisions about papers by 22nd September 2014.

Conference: English Alabaster Carvings: Current Research and Future Prospects (University, of Warwick, 12 September 2014)

Conference:
English Alabaster Carvings: Current Research and Future Prospects
Friday 12 September 2014, 10.30 – 16.45
University of Warwick

IAS Seminar Room, The Institute of Advanced Study, Millburn House, Millburn Hill Road,
University of Warwick Science Park, Coventry CV4 7HS

Conference Programme

10.30-10.50
Introduction – Zuleika Murat (University of Warwick)

10.50-11.20
Nigel Ramsay (UCL): Introduction: What’s Past is Prologue

11.20-11.50
Aleksandra Lipinska (Technische Universität Berlin), “Bastard marble” or “Corpus Christi vulneratum”. On the meaning of alabaster

11.50 – 12.20
Kim W. Woods (The Open University), Plantagenets in Alabaster

12.20-12.50
Discussion

12.50-14.15
Discussion

16.15-16.45
Concluding remarks – Julian Gardner (University of Warwick)

Contact:
Zuleika Murat, z.murat@warwick.ac.uk, History of Art Department, Millburn House, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7HS

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