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An Islamic tent in S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 80–95
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Author:
Gigante, Federica (Gigante, Federica)
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17. Detail of the Birth of the Virgin, by Pietro Lorenzetti. c.1342. Fresco. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena).
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26. Madonna in Majesty (Rucellai Madonna), by Duccio di Buoninsegna. c.1285. Tempera on wood, 450 by 290 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Photo Scala, Florence; courtesy of the Ministero Beni e Att. Culturali e del Turismo).
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3. Right wall of the apse, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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4. Vision of Pope Gregory IX, by Giotto. c.1297–99. Fresco, 270 by 230 cm. (Upper Basilica, St Francis, Assisi; Bridgeman Images).
Non-western art unattributed:
21. Top of an Ottoman period tent. (From N. Atasoy: Otağ-ı Hümayun: The Ottoman Imperial Tent Complex, Istanbul 2000, p.156).
Non-western art unattributed:
22. Detail of the Camp of Baybars I al-Bunduqdārī, from the Cantigas de Santa Maria. Spain. c.1280–84. Ink and colour on parchment. (El Escorial, MS T-1-1, fol.222r).
Non-western art unattributed:
23. Detail of the mantle of Roger II. Sicily, 12th century. Silk, gold, pearl and enamel. (Imperial Treasury, Vienna).
Non-western art unattributed:
24. The Persian ambassador presenting Sultan Murad III a tent as a gift. 16th century. Illumination on parchment. (Istanbul University Library, MS FY 1404 Istanbul, fol.43b).
Western art unattributed:
1. Interior of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (© Gabriele Croppi; Scala, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
10. Detail of the apse fresco showing the painted bejewelled border of the tent roof and two birds, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
11. Detail of the apse fresco showing the roundel decoration and interstices of the painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
12. Detail of the apse fresco showing the fringe at the top of the painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
13. Vault of the right-hand chapel showing a portion of the original starry sky, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
14. Detail of the apse fresco showing a section of blue ceiling with stars, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
15. Apse mosaic, S. Maria in Trastevere, Rome. (Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
16. Reconstruction of the apse decoration of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Drawing by Federico Botana).
Western art unattributed:
18. Pillow cover of María de Almenar. c.1200. Silk and gold thread, 37 by 66 cm. (Museo de Telas Medievales, Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Huelgas, Burgos).
Western art unattributed:
19. Detail of the top border of the hanging textile fresco with pseudo-Naskh calligraphy, Upper Basilica, St Francis, Assisi. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
2. Left wall of the apse, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
20. Detail of the hanging textile fresco showing the roundel decoration of the painted textile, Upper Basilica, St Francis, Assisi. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
25. Detail of the Assumption of the Virgin, apse of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
27. Textile pattern decoration of the Bardi Chapel, S. Maria Novella, Florence. c.1285. Fresco. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
5. Fragment of the burial tunic of Don Felipe. Spain, 2nd half of the 13th century. Silk, linen and metal-wrapped thread. (Villalcazar de Sirga, Palencia).
Western art unattributed:
6. Fresco from the first decorative phase of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara, showing a painted textile in the left chapel. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
7. Upper Basilica, St Francis, Assisi. Early 14th century. (Mondadori Portfolio; Electa; Antonio Quattrone; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
8. Detail of the apse fresco showing the lower part of painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Western art unattributed:
9. Detail of the apse fresco showing the top part of painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Article
Veiled in precious cloth: a seal bag from Westminster Abbey and its connections with Charlemagne’s shrine in Aachen
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1206–1216
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Mühlemann, Corinne (Mühlemann, Corinne)
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New, Elizabeth A. (New, Elizabeth A.)
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Payne, Matthew (Payne, Matthew)
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Wyld, Helen (Wyld, Helen)
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12. Reliquary pouch made of a samite. Woven in the 12th century in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk, 15 by 13 cm. (© Museum August Kestner, Hannover; photograph Christian Tepper).
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4. Microphotograph (magnification 58.5x) of the woven structure (samite) used for the back of the bag of Henry III’s great seal. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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6. Fragment used for the back (left) and front (right, rotated 180 degrees) of Fig.2. Woven before 1267 in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk (patterned samite with three weft systems), 11.9 by 13.4 cm. (back), 10.2 by 12.3 cm. (front). (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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7. Comparison of the identical pattern repeat in the ‘hare silks’ shown in Fig.6 (right) and Figs.8 and 9. The colour of the weft is modified along the length of the textile (latté).
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Edmund, Westminster Abbey. c.1244. Stained glass. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
1. Great seal of Henry III. 1267. Wax, 10 by 10.1 cm. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
Western art unattributed:
10. Karlsschrein. 1215. Oak, gilded silver, gilded copper, filigree, precious stones and enamel, 204 by 57 by 94 cm. (Aachen Cathedral).
Western art unattributed:
11. Fragments from a samite found in the binding of a manuscript now in Wolfenbüttel (Lectiones bibliccae per annum) perhaps originating from Strasbourg. Woven in the 12th century in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk. (Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Cod. Guelf. 71 Aug.2°).
Western art unattributed:
2. Inventory of the Shrine of St Edward with seal bag. 1267. Ink on parchment, 38.2 by 34.6 cm. (inventory); silk, 11.9 by 12 cm. (seal bag). (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
Western art unattributed:
3. Microphotograph (magnification 29.5x) of the woven structure (samite) used for the front of the bag of Henry III’s great seal. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
Western art unattributed:
5. Shrine of St Edward, Westminster Abbey, London. Consecrated 1269. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
8. Detail of Fig.9 with the starting border and left selvedge. (© Domkapitel Aachen; photograph Ann Münchow).
Western art unattributed:
9. So-called ‘hare silk’ preserved in reliquary shrine of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral. Probably woven before 1215 in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk (patterned samite with three weft systems), 128 by 239 cm. (© Domkapitel Aachen; photograph Ann Münchow).
Article
An ‘Allegory of Prudence’ attributed to Nicola Pisano’s workshop
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1126-1129
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Palozzi, Luca (Palozzi, Luca)
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Vergani, Graziano A. (Vergani, Graziano A.)
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16. Detail of Fig.18, showing Maturity.
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17. Detail of a king in the panel of The Elect, from a pulpit in Siena Cathedral depicting the Last Judgment, by Nicola Pisano and workshop. 1265–68. Marble. (© Lensini Foto, Siena).
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18. Allegory of Prudence, here attributed to Nicola Pisano and workshop. c.1265–70. Marble, 23.5 cm. by 12.4 cm. by 9.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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19. Detail of Fig.18, showing Old Age.
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20. Detail of the Allegory of Prudence from the tomb of Peter of Verona in S. Eustorgio, Milan, by Giovanni di Balduccio Albonetti. 1339. Marble. (From La Cappella Portinari in Sant’Eustorgio a Milano, Milan 1963).
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21. Detail of Fig.18, showing Youth.
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22. Detail of Faith on a holy-water basin in S. Giovanni Fuorcivitas, Pistoia, by the Pisano workshop. c.1270. Marble. (From C. Gnudi: Nicola, Arnolfo, Lapo: l’arca di San Domenico in Bologna, Florence 1948).
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23. Detail of the Virgin from the panel Flight into Egypt, from a pulpit in Siena Cathedral, by Nicola Pisano and workshop. 1265–68. Carrara marble. (Photograph Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz-Max-Planck-Gesellschaft).
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24. Detail of St Cecilia from the cyborium of S. Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome, by Arnolfo di Cambio. 1293. Marble. (Archivio Fotografico Gallerie Vaticane, Rome).
Book Review
Alfonso X of Castile-León: Royal Patronage, Self-Promotion and Manuscripts in Thirteenth-Century Spain
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 625-626
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Jackson, Deirdre (Jackson, Deirdre)
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Alfonso X of Castile-León: Royal Patronage, Self-Promotion and Manuscripts in Thirteenth- Century Spain By Kirstin Kennedy. 228 pp. incl. 4 col. + 4 b. & w. ills. (Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2019), £90. ISBN 978–94–6298–897–2. | :
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2. Alfonso X as the planet-god Jupiter with disciples, detail from Libro de las formas & ymagenes (Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid; Escorial MS h.I.16, fol.1r).
Book Review
A Soul’s Journey: Franciscan Art, Theology, and Devotion in the ‘Supplicationes variae'
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 542-543
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Renner, John (Renner, John )
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A Soul’s Journey: Franciscan Art, Theology, and Devotion in the ‘Supplicationes variae’ By Amy Neff. 354 pp. incl. 245 col. ills. (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (PIMS), Toronto, 2019),  150. ISBN 978–0–88844–210–9. | :
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Western art unattributed:
1. Christ’s ascent to the Cross, from the Supplicationes variae, by the Life of Christ Atelier. 1293. Tinted drawing on parchment, 27 by 19.5 cm. (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MS Plut.25.3, fol.376r).
Book Review
Apogeo e fine del Medioevo (La Pittura Medievale a Roma, 312–1431. Corpus VI). Edited by Serena Romano
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1066-1067
Article
Evidence for Florentine patronage in two liturgical manuscripts illuminated by Rinaldo da Siena
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 630-639
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Battaglia, Laura Alidori (Battaglia, Laura Alidori)
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Battaglia, Marco (Battaglia, Marco)
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1. Initial A, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.2r).
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10. Initial D for the introit of the nativity of a virgin saint, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.175r).
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11. Initial E, by Rinaldo da Siena. From De Regimine Principum Parigi by Egidio Romano, after 1285. Tempera on parchment, 33.5 by 24 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS Ital.233, fol.130r).
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12. Initial E for the Feast of St John the Evangelist, here attributed to Rinaldo da Siena. From a Camaldolese missal, late 1280s to early 1290s. Tempera on parchment, 37.5 by 24 cm. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.B.67, fol.21v).
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13. Initial I, by Rinaldo da Siena. From Mulomedicina by Vegezio. c.1275. Tempera on parchment, 21.5 by 15.5 cm. (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MS Plut.45.19, fol.95r).
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14. Initial I for the introit of the nativity of a non-papal martyr, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.118v).
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15. Initial I for the introit of the Feast of St John the Evangelist, here attributed to Rinaldo da Siena, From a Camaldolese missal, late 1280s to early 1290s. Tempera on parchment, 37.5 by 24.0 cm. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.B.67, fol.18v).
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16. Crucifix, by Rinaldo da Siena. c.1275–1300. Tempera on panel, 313 by 248 cm. (Museo Civico, San Gimignano).
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2. Vegezio with two assistants and a horse, by Rinaldo da Siena. From Mulomedicina by Vegezio. c.1275. Tempera on parchment, 21.5 by 15.5 cm. (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MS Plut.45.19, fol.2r).
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3. Egidio Romano presents his work to Philip IV of France, by Rinaldo da Siena. From De Regimine Principum Parigi by Egidio Romano, after 1285. Tempera on parchment, 33.5 by 24 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS.Ital.233, fol.19r)
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4. Top left Initial G with the Stigmatisation of St Francis, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 52.9 by 37.2 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, MS 71v).
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5. Top right Initial D at the introit to the Feast of St John the Baptist, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.79r).
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6. Bottom left Initial C at the introit to the Feast of St Lawrence, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.89r).
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7. Bottom right Initial G at the introit to the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.91r).
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8. Incipit page, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Camaldolese missal, late 1280s to early 1290s. Tempera on parchment, 37.5 by 24 cm. (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Arch.Cap.S.Pietro.B.67, fol.10r).
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9. Initial C at the introit to the feast of Sts Philip and James, by Rinaldo da Siena. From a Franciscan gradual, here dated c.1275–80. Tempera on parchment, 53 by 37 cm. (Private collection, fol.72r).
Book Review
Die textilen Geschenke Papst Bonifaz’ VIII. (1294–1303) an die Kathedrale von Anagni: Päpstliche Paramente des späten Mittelalters als Medien der Repräsentation, Gaben und Erinnerungsträger. By Christiane Elster
07/2018 | 1384 | 160
Pages: 603-604
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Monnas, Lisa (Monnas, Lisa)
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Western art unattributed:
2. Detail of a cope given by Boniface VIII to Anagni Cathedral. Thirteenth century. Gold embroidery (opus cyprense) on red samite. (Museo della Cattedrale di Anagni).
Article
Dating the windows by the Maestro di S. Francesco in Assisi
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 470-477
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Author:
Renner, John (Renner, John )
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1. Details of Sts Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua and scenes from their lives and miracles, by the Maestro di S. Francesco and workshop. Here dated to c.1260–65. Stained glass. (North side of nave, Upper Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi; Photograph P. Gerhard Ruf).
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2. St Francis renouncing his worldly goods, by the Maestro di S. Francesco and workshop. c.1265. Fresco. (South wall of nave, Lower Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi. Photograph S. Diller).
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3. Healing of Bartholomew of Narni, detail of St Francis and four posthumous miracles, by the Maestro del Tesoro. c.1253. Tempera and gold on wood. (Museo del Tesoro, Sacro Convento, Assisi; Photograph P. Gerhard Ruf ).
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4. Detail of Sts Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua and scenes from their lives and miracles, by the Maestro di S. Francesco and workshop (as Fig.1 above).
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5. The dream of Pope Innocent III, by the Maestro di S. Francesco and workshop. Fresco. (South wall of nave, Lower Church, Basilica of S. Francesco, Assisi; Photograph S. Diller).
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6. Crucifix with St Francis at Christ’s feet, by the Maestro di S. Francesco. 1272. Tempera and gold on wood, 489 by 352 cm. (Galleria Nazionale, Perugia; © Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria).
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7. Detail of Sts Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Padua and scenes from their lives and miracles, by the Maestro di S. Francesco and workshop, with nineteenth-century restorations (as Fig.1 above).
Book Review
Decorated Revisited: English Architectural Style in Context, 1250–1400 (Architectura Medii Aevi, IX). Edited by John Munns
04/2018 | 1381 | 160
Pages: 345-346
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Reviewer:
Michael, M. A. (Michael, M. A.)
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1. The vault of the Lady Chapel, Wells Cathedral, Somerset. Completed 1326.
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