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Book Review
The Master Builder: William Butterfield and his Times
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 421-422
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Frampton, Kenneth (Frampton, Kenneth)
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The Master Builder: William Butterfield and his Times By Nicholas Olsberg. 432 pp. incl. 270 col. + 157 b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2024), £60. ISBN 978–1–84822–371–4. | :
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4. South elevation of St Saviour’s Church, Coalpit Heath, by William Butterfield. 1844.
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An Islamic tent in S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 80–95
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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).
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21. Top of an Ottoman period tent. (From N. Atasoy: Otağ-ı Hümayun: The Ottoman Imperial Tent Complex, Istanbul 2000, p.156).
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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).
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23. Detail of the mantle of Roger II. Sicily, 12th century. Silk, gold, pearl and enamel. (Imperial Treasury, Vienna).
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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).
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1. Interior of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (© Gabriele Croppi; Scala, Florence).
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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).
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11. Detail of the apse fresco showing the roundel decoration and interstices of the painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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12. Detail of the apse fresco showing the fringe at the top of the painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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13. Vault of the right-hand chapel showing a portion of the original starry sky, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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14. Detail of the apse fresco showing a section of blue ceiling with stars, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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15. Apse mosaic, S. Maria in Trastevere, Rome. (Bridgeman Images).
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16. Reconstruction of the apse decoration of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Drawing by Federico Botana).
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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).
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19. Detail of the top border of the hanging textile fresco with pseudo-Naskh calligraphy, Upper Basilica, St Francis, Assisi. (Photograph the author).
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2. Left wall of the apse, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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20. Detail of the hanging textile fresco showing the roundel decoration of the painted textile, Upper Basilica, St Francis, Assisi. (Photograph the author).
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25. Detail of the Assumption of the Virgin, apse of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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27. Textile pattern decoration of the Bardi Chapel, S. Maria Novella, Florence. c.1285. Fresco. (Photograph the author).
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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).
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6. Fresco from the first decorative phase of S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara, showing a painted textile in the left chapel. (Photograph the author).
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7. Upper Basilica, St Francis, Assisi. Early 14th century. (Mondadori Portfolio; Electa; Antonio Quattrone; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Detail of the apse fresco showing the lower part of painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
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9. Detail of the apse fresco showing the top part of painted textile, S. Antonio in Polesine, Ferrara. (Photograph the author).
Article
Avignon as 'nova Roma'
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 5–15
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Bolgia, Claudia (Bolgia, Claudia)
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1. Chamber of the Stag, Papal Palace, Avignon. 1343. (Photograph Domenico Ventura).
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11. Detail of the Stefaneschi polyptych, showing the Crucifixion of St Peter, by Giotto. c.1320. Tempera on panel. (Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City; Bridgeman Images).
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13. Crucifixion of St Peter, copy of a detail in the lost fresco cycle in the atrium of Old St Peter’s, Rome (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS A64ter (Grimaldi Album), fol. 39).
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14. Duke Stephen in Rome, imploring St Peter to absolve his sins, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene M, south wall, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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15. Detail of Fig.14, showing Stephen, Duke of south-west France, receiving absolution from St Peter.
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16. Vault of the chapel of St John, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1346–48. (Photograph Domenico Ventura).
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17. Alpinianus cures the sick by imposing on them the sudarium of St Martial, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene U, south wall, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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18. Detail of Fig.17, showing the imposition of the sudarium.
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2. Detail of the ceiling of the Chamber of the Stag, showing the she-wolf with her twins and the hen with her chicks. 1343. (Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Fabrice Lepeltier).
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4. Section of the Tower of the Pope and Garderobe Tower, Papal Palace, Avignon.
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5. Ground plan of the Papal Palace, Avignon.
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6. Christ ordering St Peter to send St Martial to preach in Gaul and St Peter communicating Christ’s will to Martial and his disciples, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene D, vault, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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7. Martial receives the staff from St Peter and Resurrection of Austriclianus, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene C, vault, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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8. Chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. (Photograph Domenico Ventura).
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9. Christ showing to St Martial in a vision the martyrdom of St Peter and St Paul in Rome, by Matteo Giovannetti. 1344–45. Fresco. (Scene P, lunette, west wall, chapel of St Martial, Papal Palace, Avignon; photograph Domenico Ventura).
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10. Crucifixion of St Peter. c.1277–80. Fresco. (Sancta Sanctorum, Rome).
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12. Rooster. Italian, 9th–12th century. Gilded bronze. (Museo Storico- Artistico del Tesoro di S. Pietro, Vatican City).
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3. Stone relief of the she-wolf with her twins, Maria Saal Cathedral. (Wikimedia Commons).
Publication Received
Studies in Medieval Iconography: Collected Essays 1962–2011. By Piotr Skubiszewski
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1302-1303
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Koutny-Jones, Aleksandra (Koutny-Jones, Aleksandra)
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Studies in Medieval Iconography: Collected Essays 1962–2011 By Piotr Skubiszewski. 768 pp. incl. 321 col. + 195 b. & w. ills. (IRSA Publishing House, Cracow, 2021), £200. ISBN 978–83–89831–41–5. | :
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7. Trzemeszno chalice, by an anonymous south German silversmith. Late 12th century. Silver, partially gilded, height 15.2 cm. (Muzeum Archidiecezji Gnieźnieńskiej, Gniezno).
Exhibition Review
Fragmented Illuminations: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Cuttings at the V&A
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1058-1060
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Kidd, Peter (Kidd, Peter)
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Fragmented Illuminations: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Cuttings at the V&A Victoria and Albert Museum, London 8th September 2021–8th May 2022 | :
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4. Initial ‘M’ showing St Giustina, by Girolamo da Cremona, from an antiphonary, Padua. Before 1462. Water based pigments, gilding and ink on parchment, 21 by 19 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; MS 817-1894).
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5. Manuscript cuttings from a Sistine Chapel missal, by Vincent Raimond. c.1523–34. Collage and frame, 19th century. Water based pigments, gilding and ink on parchment, 51 by 37.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; MS E.4577-1910).
Book Review
Migrating Art Historians on the Sacred Ways: Reconsidering Medieval French Art through the Pilgrim’s Body
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 383-384
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Walker, Rose (Walker, Rose)
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Migrating Art Historians on the Sacred Ways: Reconsidering Medieval French Art through the Pilgrim’s Body Edited by Ivan Foletti, Katar na Kravč kov , Adrien Palladino and Sabina Rosenbergov . 468 pp. incl. 179 col. + 24 b. & w. ills. (Masaryk University, Brno, and Viella, Rome, 2018), €70. ISBN 978–88–331–3105–4. | :
Book Review
Joyas y alhajas del Alto Aragón: esmaltes y piedras preciosas de ajuares y tesoros históricos. By Carolina Naya Franco
03/2020 | 1404 | 162
Pages: 259-260
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Kennedy, Kirstin (Kennedy, Kirstin)
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Joyas y alhajas del Alto Arag n: esmaltes y piedras preciosas de ajuares y tesoros hist ricos By Carolina Naya Franco. 172 pp. incl. 132 col. ills. (Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, Huesca, 2017),  38. ISBN 978–84–8127–288–8. | :
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3. Knight pendant (without its filigree chain). Probably Spanish, 1550–1600 and later? Silver, gilded and enamelled, height 6 cm. (Jaca Cathedral).
Book Review
Trésors des Cathédrales. Edited by Judith Kagan and Marie-Anne Sire
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 75-76
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Milner, Lesley (Milner, Lesley)
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Trésors des Cathédrales Edited by Judith Kagan and Marie-Anne Sire. 320 pp. incl. 350 ills. (Éditions du Patrimoine, Centre des Monuments Nationaux, 2019), £72. ISBN 978–2–7577–0618–3. | :
Book Review
St Paul’s Outside the Walls: A Roman Basilica, from Antiquity to the Modern Era. By Nicola Camerlenghi
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 877-878
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Gardner, Julian (Gardner, Julian)
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St Paul’s Outside the Walls: A Roman Basilica, from Antiquity to the Modern Era By Nicola Camerlenghi. 396 pp. incl. 126 col. + 82 b. & w. ills. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018), £90. ISBN 978–1–108–42951–1. | :
Publication Received
Britain’s Medieval Episcopal Thrones. History, Archaeology and Conservation. By Charles Tracy, with a chapter by Andrew Budge.
12/2016 | 1365 | 158
Pages: 988-989
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Draper, Peter (Draper, Peter)
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