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Book Review
The World of Late Antiquity
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1093
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Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
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The World of Late Antiquity By Peter Brown. 240 pp. incl. 129 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames & Hudson, London, 2024), £10.60. ISBN 978–0–500–29748–3. | :
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7. Solidus of Justinian II. Byzantine, 692–95. Gold, diameter 1.9 cm. (Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis).
Exhibition Review
The Lost Mirror: Jews and Conversos in Medieval Spain
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1345–1348
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Castano Martinez, Mireia (Castano Martinez, Mireia)
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The Lost Mirror: Jews and Conversos in Medieval Spain Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 10th October 2023– 14th January 2024 | :
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13. Detail of the Altarpiece of the Eucharist, by Llorenç Saragossà (?). c.1370–80. Tempera on panel, 255 by 234 cm. (Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Villahermosa del Río, Castellón; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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14. The desecrated image of the Virgin (Cantiga 34) from the Cantigas de Santa María. 1270–80. Illuminated parchment, 49 by 32.6 cm. (Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El Escorial, MS T-I-1, fol.50r; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
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15. Domingo de Guzmán presiding over an autoda- fé, by Pedro Berruguete. c.1491–99. Oil on panel, 154 by 92 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Exhibition Review
Islam in Europe: 1000–1250
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 173-176
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Schwabauer, Adeline (Schwabauer, Adeline)
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Islam in Europe: 1000–1250 Dommuseum, Hildesheim 7th September 2022– 12th February 2023 | :
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5. The Silos Casket, by Muhammad ibn Zayyan. Cuenca, 1026 (AH 417). Enamel plates and fixtures, Silos, c.1150. Ivory, copper and enamel, 19 by 34 by 21 cm. (Museo de Burgos; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
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6. Senmurv aquamanile. Second third of the 12th century. Copper alloy, silver and niello, 19.6 by 16.5 cm. (Dommuseum, Hildesheim).
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7. Panel from the Ambon of Henry II, Aachen Cathedral. Before 1014. Rock crystal and chess pieces, Abbasid or Byzantine Empire, 9th or 10th century. Copper foil, quartz and agate. (Aachen Cathedral; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
Exhibition Review
Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800–1500
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 705-706
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Diebold, William (Diebold, William)
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Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800–1500 By Jeffrey F. Hamburger and Joshua O’Driscoll. 216 pp. incl. 152 col. ills. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York, with D. Giles Ltd., Lewes, 2021), £39.95. ISBN 978–1–911282–86–0. | :
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4. Back cover of the Lindau Gospels. Salzburg, 700–800. Gilt silver, enamel, and jewels, 32 by 27.5 cm. (Morgan Library and Museum, New York, MS M.1; photograph Graham S. Haber).
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Nuremberg, by the workshop of Michael Wolgemut, from the Nuremberg Chronicle, by Hartmann Schedel. 1493. Hand-coloured woodcut on laid paper, 47 by 64.8 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991.7.1, f.99v–100r; exh. Morgan Library and Museum, New York).
Book Review
Pygmalion’s Power: Romanesque Sculpture, the Senses, and Religious Experience
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1083-1084
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Gomolka, Agata (Gomolka, Agata)
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Heslop, Sandy (Heslop, Sandy)
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Pygmalion’s Power: Romanesque Sculpture, the Senses, and Religious Experience By Thomas E.A. Dale. 304 pp. incl. 21 col. + 113 b. & w. ills. (Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park PA, 2019), £79.95. ISBN 978–0–271–08345–2. | :
Book Review
Seeking Transparency: Rock Crystals Across the Medieval Mediterranean
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 967-968
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Milner, Lesley (Milner, Lesley)
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Seeking Transparency: Rock Crystals Across the Medieval Mediterranean Edited by Cynthia Hahn and Avinoam Shalem. 334 pp. incl. 56 col. + 140 b. & w. ills. (Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, 2020), £60. ISBN 978–3–7861–2843–4. | :
Book Review
Mosaics in the Medieval World: From Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century. By Liz James
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 355-356
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Hennessy, Cecily (Hennessy, Cecily)
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Mosaics in the Medieval World: From Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century By Liz James. 650 pp. incl. 161 col. + 167 b. & w. ills. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017),  135. ISBN 978–1–107–01198–4. | :
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2. Pope Paschal I kneeling before the Virgin and Child, S. Maria in Domnica, Rome. Ninth century. (Photograph Liz James).
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Pilgrimage scenes in newly identified medieval glass at Canterbury Cathedral
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 708-715
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Koopmans, Rachel (Koopmans, Rachel)
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5. Plan of the eastern arm of Canterbury Cathedral, showing the location of the window discussed in the present article. (Plan adapted from R. Willis: The Architectural History of Canterbury Cathedral, London, 1845).
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7. John Lydgate and pilgrims on the road to Canterbury, from the prologue to Lydgate’s Siege of Thebes. c.1510–20. Parchment, sheet 39.5 by 28 cm. (British Library, London, Royal MS 18 D ii, fol.148r; Bridgeman Images).
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1. Pilgrims on the road to Canterbury, in a window in the north aisle of the Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral. Here dated mid-1180s, with early twentieth-century restorations. Stained glass, 75 by 68.5 cm. (Canterbury Cathedral, window nV 13; photograph N. Tees).
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10. The first mixing of the Becket blood and water relic at Canterbury Cathedral (the miracle of William of London), in a window in the north aisle of the Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral. Mid-1180s, with early twentieth-century restorations. Stained glass, 75 by 68.5 cm. (Canterbury Cathedral, window nV 7; photograph N. Tees).
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2. Window nV, north aisle, Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral. Here dated mid-1180s, with early twentieth-century restorations. Stained glass, 5.8 by 1.525 m. (Photograph Cathedral Studios, Canterbury).
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3. Distribution of the Becket blood and water relic to pilgrims in Canterbury Cathedral, in a window in the north aisle of the Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral. Here dated mid-1180s, with early twentieth-century restorations. Stained glass, 75 by 68.5 cm. (Canterbury Cathedral, window nV 14; photograph N. Tees).
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4. The north aisle of the Trinity Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral, showing window nV in the centre, before restoration and rearrangement of the glass. 1861. Photograph, 28.5 by 23.5 cm. (Canterbury Cathedral Archives; reproduced courtesy the Chapter, Canterbury Cathedral).
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6. The squire, detail from the Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer. c.1400–10. Parchment, sheet 10 by 15 cm. (Huntington Library, San Marino, California, MS EL 26 C 9, fol.115v).
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8. Detail of Fig.3.
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9. A Canterbury pilgrim’s ampulla. c.1220. Lead/tin alloy, 9.8 by 8.1cm. (Musée de Cluny, Paris; courtesy RMN-Grand Palais).
Exhibition Review
The Renaissance Nude
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 416-419
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Nuttall, Paula (Nuttall, Paula)
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8. A male nude with proportions indicated, by Michelangelo Buonarroti. c.1515–20. Red chalk on paper, 28.9 by 18 cm. (Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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9. A myth of Pan, by Dosso Dossi. c.1524. Canvas, 163.8 by 145.4 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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10. Elderly bather. German, c.1480. Boxwood with some polychromy, height 16.2 cm. (Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Book Review
Tomb and Temple Re-imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 345-346
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Milner, Lesley (Milner, Lesley)
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Tomb and Temple: Re-imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem Edited by Robin Griffith-Jones and Eric Fernie. | :
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2. The Temple Church, London, showing the rotunda (1162), looking north. (Photograph Christopher Wilson).
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