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Book Review
The Medieval Monastery of Saint Elijah: A History in Paint and Stone
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 750–1
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Reviewer:
Sullivan, Alice (Sullivan, Alice)
Subjects
buildings:
Monastery of St Elijah, Castel Sant-Elia, Italy
subjects:
Monasteries / Religious architecture / Medieval architecture / Frescoes / Elijah, Prophet
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The Medieval Monastery of Saint Elijah: A History in Paint and Stone By Alison Locke Perchuk. 432 pp. incl. 150 col. + 10 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2021), €175. ISBN 978–2–503–58943–5. | :
Book Review
Other Monasticisms: Studies in the History and Architecture of Religious Communities Outside the Canon, 11th–15th Centuries
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 530–531
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Grant, Lindy (Grant, Lindy)
Subjects
subjects:
Monasteries / Architecture / Medieval architecture
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Other Monasticisms: Studies in the History and Architecture of Religious Communities Outside the Canon, 11th–15th Centuries Edited by Sheila Bonde and Clark Maines. 370 pp. incl. 76 col. + 20 b. & w. ills. (Turnhout, Brepols, 2022), €160. ISBN 978–2–503–58784–4. | :
Book Review
Building Santa Maria Novella: Materials, Tradition and Invention in Late Medieval Florence
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 421–423
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Howard, Deborah (Howard, Deborah)
Subjects
buildings:
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
subjects:
Italian architecture / Religious architecture / Florentine / Dominicans / Medieval architecture
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Building Santa Maria Novella: Materials, Tradition and Invention in Late Medieval Florence By Elizabeth Bradford Smith. 222 pp. incl. 116 col. + b. & w. ills. (L’Erma di Bretschneider, Rome, 2022), €170. ISBN 978–88–913–2609–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Ground-plan of the nave of S. Maria Novella, Florence (after E.B. Smith: Building Santa Maria Novella, Rome 2022).
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4. Nave of S. Maria Novella, Florence. 1279–1355.
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The Medieval Palace of the Commune in Avignon: a forgotten building
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 30–37
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Author:
Balossino, Simone (Balossino, Simone)
Subjects
buildings:
Palace of the Commune, Avignon, France
places:
Avignon
subjects:
French architecture / Urban history / Buildings / Palaces / Medieval architecture / Prisons
Illustrations
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1. Map of Avignon. (From Atlas van Loon, Amsterdam 1663, X).
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10. Entrance porch of the cathedral of Notre-Dame-des-Doms, Avignon. (Photograph the author).
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2. Roman ruins underneath the former consuls’ palace, Avignon. (Photograph the author).
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3. Plan of consular palace and surrounding structures. (Based on archaeological survey undertaken by C. Markiéwicz, J.-M. Mignon and O. Keiser).
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4. Façade of the annex building, Avignon. (Photograph the author).
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the consular palace and surrounding structures.
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6. Detail of De la ville d’Avignon et par dela: Veüe de la Ville d’Avignon et des environs, by Étienne Martellange. 1608. Pen and brown ink with an India ink wash. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).
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7. Tympanum of the entrance portal of the communal tower, Avignon. Late 12th–early 13th century. Marble. (Musée du Petit Palais; Archivah and Alamy Stock Photo).
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8. Drawings of consular bullae. (From L. Blanchard: Iconographie des sceaux et des bulles des archives des bouches du Rhône, Paris 1860, pp.78–79).
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9. Tympanum of the entrance portal of S. Zeno Maggiore, Verona. c.12th century. (Photograph Frank Buffetrille; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 93–94
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Reviewer:
Luyster, Amanda (Luyster, Amanda)
Subjects
subjects:
Medieval architecture / Medieval art / Floors / Tiles / Textiles / Marble / Carpets / Pavements
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Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages By Lucy Donkin. 504 pp. incl. 76 col. + 8 b. & w. ills. (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2022), $69.95. ISBN 978–1–5017–5112–7. | :
Book Review
Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages: Exploring a Connected World
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1253-1254
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Reviewer:
Nickson, Tom (Nickson, Tom)
Subjects
subjects:
Europe / Byzantine Empire / Islamic art / Medieval art / Medieval architecture
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Art and Architecture of the Middle Ages: Exploring a Connected World By Jill Caskey, Adam S. Cohen and Linda Safran. 400 pp. incl. 426 col. ills. (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2023), $189.95 (HB). ISBN 978–1–5017–6610–7. $69.95 (PB). ISBN 978–1–5017–0282–2. | :
Book Review
Genealogy and the Politics of Representation in the High and Late Middle Ages
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 916-918
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Reviewer:
Opacic, Zoë (Opacic, Zoë)
Subjects
patrons:
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459-1519 / Charlemagne, Emperor, 742-814 / Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316-1378
subjects:
Genealogy / Royalty / Emperors / Medieval / Medieval architecture / Scrolls (Rolls)
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Genealogy and the Politics of Representation in the High and Late Middle Ages By Joan A. Holladay. 406 pp. incl. 11 col. + 143 b. & w. ills. (Cambridge University Press, 2019), $135. ISBN 978–1–108–47018–6. | :
Book Review
Medieval Bridges of Southern England: 100 bridges, 1000 years
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 810
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Reviewer:
Harrison, David (Harrison, David)
Subjects
subjects:
Bridges / Medieval architecture / English
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Medieval Bridges of Southern England: 100 bridges, 1000 years By Marshall G. Hall. 320 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Windgather Press, Oxford, 2022), £39.95. ISBN 978–1–914427–13–8. | :
Book Review
Imago, imagines: Výtvarné dílo a proměny jeho funkcí v českých zemích od 10. do první třetiny 16. století
07/2023 | 1444 | 165
Pages: 802–803
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Kaczmarek, Romuald (Kaczmarek, Romuald)
Reviewer:
Patała, Agnieszka (Patała, Agnieszka)
Subjects
subjects:
Czech painting / Czech sculpture / Architecture / Medieval art / Medieval architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Imago, imagines: Výtvarné dílo a proměny jeho funkcí v českých zemích od 10. do první třetiny 16. století Edited by Klára Benešovská and Kateřina Kubínová. 2 vols, 1,426 pp. incl. 688 col. + b. & w. ills. (Academia, Prague, 2019), CZK 2,200. ISBN 978–80–200–3036–8. | :
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