New Publications
New Publication: ‘The Social Lives of Medieval Rings’, edited by Jitske Jasperse
“The Social Lives of Medieval Rings,” edited by Jitske Jasperse, explores the intricate roles of medieval rings as social artifacts that connect people, places, and cultural practices from 1100 to 1500 across Europe, revealing their significance in historical and contemporary contexts.
New Publication: ‘The Digital Medieval Manuscript: Material Approaches to Digital Codicology’ by Suzette van Haaren
This new book explores the digital medieval manuscript as a unique cultural artifact, not just a copy of its physical counterpart.
New Publication: ‘American Gothic: Reflections on Gothic Scholarship in America 1925–2025’ edited by Robert Bork
AVISTA are excited to announce the publication of the 18th volume in our Brill series, AVISTA Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art, with American Gothic: Reflections on Gothic Scholarship in America 1925–2025, edited by Robert Bork.
Jon Cannon Memorial & Book Launch at Bristol Cathedral, 16 Oct 2025, 18:30 – 20:30 (BST), Bristol Cathedral
This event marks the launch of Jon Cannon’s final book, The Stones of Britain — a profound exploration of how geology has shaped the landscapes and history of our island. Interwoven with reflections on place, home and belonging, it is Jon’s definitive work and a moving legacy.
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.
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Journals & Call for Submissions
Call for journal submissions: Venezia Arti 2025, vol. 34, theme: Soglia / Threshold, deadline 31 March 2025
Ca’ Foscari’s (Venice) art history journal Venezia Arti invites journal submissions for their theme ‘Soglia / Threshold’.
Call for Submissions: Belvedere Research Journal, deadline 30 September 2024
The Belvedere Research Journal (BRJ), a peer-reviewed, open-access e-journal, invites new submissions. We are interested in articles that shed light on the visual culture of the former Habsburg Empire and Central Europe broadly defined from the medieval period to the present.
Call for Submissions: Special Issue Miradas Journal: ‘Experience and Reception of Images, Objects, and Spaces in the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas’, deadline 26 January 2024
he next Special Issue of the journal Miradas, will focus on the analysis of the experience and reception of images, objects, and spaces in the territories of the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas.
Call for Journal Submissions: Irish Heritage Studies: The annual research journal of the Office of Public Works, Ireland, deadline 15 December 2023
The Office of Public Works in Ireland invites submissions for the first volume to be published in spring 2025.
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