New Mappa Mundi Exhibition at Hereford Cathedral
After three years of planning a new Mappa Mundi exhibition will open at Hereford Cathedral on Monday 4 April. Working in co-operation with…
How To Use a Medieval Pilgrimage Shrine: Pilgrims’ Interaction with Architecture and its Furnishings
The 31st Annual Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians How To Use a Medieval Pilgrimage Shrine: Pilgrims’ Interaction with Architecture and its Furnishings…
Written in Stone: The impact of the properties of quarried stone on the design of medieval sculpture
Written in Stone: The impact of the properties of quarried stone on the design of medieval sculpture By Janet Snyder Avista Forum Journal,…
The spirit of the transilvanian fortified churches…The people have left, their buildings remain
The spirit of the transilvanian fortified churches…The people have left, their buildings remain Szaktilla, Sebastian Paper give at the 16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium:…
Eleven years of archaeological research at Rushen Abbey, 1998 to 2008
Eleven years of archaeological research at Rushen Abbey, 1998 to 2008 Davey, Peter J.. Monastic Research Bulletin vol. 14 (2008) Abstract Man lies…
The Performance of Separation at Escomb Church
VAGANTES CONFERENCE: Session 1: Performance & Ritual The Performance of Separation at Escomb Church Ashely Lonsdale Cook (University of Wisconsin – Madison) This…
Irony as illumination: didactic communication in the verbal texture of the Mystery Cycles
Irony as illumination: didactic communication in the verbal texture of the Mystery Cycles Bates, Linda R. Marginalia, Vol. 3 (2006) Abstract In the…
Armenian Architecture in Twelfth-Century Crusader Jerusalem
Armenian Architecture in Twelfth-Century Crusader Jerusalem Kenaan-Kedar, Nurith (Tel Aviv University) Assaph Studies in Art History, 3 (1998) Abstract The art and architecture of…
Personal Memory, Collective Testimony and Masculinity in the Late Medieval Church Court of York
Personal Memory, Collective Testimony and Masculinity in the Late Medieval Church Court of York Kane, Bronach Marginalia, Vol. 5 (2007) Abstract For churchmen…
Medieval Churches in England receive funding for repairs
Several medieval churches in England have received funding the Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage as part of their joint Repair Grants for…
Pilgrimage and its Effects on San Paolo Fuori le Mura during the Middle Ages
Pilgrimage and its Effects on San Paolo Fuori le Mura during the Middle Ages By Alisa Cotter Proceedings of the 4th Annual GRASP…
The Three Young Men in The Furnace and The Art of Ecphrasis in The Coptic Sermon By Theophilus of Alexandria
The Three Young Men in The Furnace and The Art of Ecphrasis in The Coptic Sermon By Theophilus of Alexandria Polański, Tomasz (Kraków)…
Byzantine church and mosaic floor uncovered in Israel
Archaeologists working for the Israel Antiquities Authority have announced they have discovered the remains of a 1500-year-old Byzantine church that was believed to…
The Representation of Architectural Space in the St. William and Great East Window of York Minster
The Representation of Architectural Space in the St. William and Great East Window of York Minster By Emma Jane Wells Journal of Stained…
The Fourteenth Century Tree of Jesse in the Nave of York Minster
The Fourteenth Century Tree of Jesse in the Nave of York Minster Reddish, Elisabeth York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No. 2, (2003) Abstract Window sXXXIII…
The Destruction of the Fox Preacher: A Reading of the Borders of the York Minster Pilgrimage Window
The Destruction of the Fox Preacher: A Reading of the Borders of the York Minster Pilgrimage Window Pfau, Aleksandra York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No.…
Late medieval sub-division of space within a parish church: Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York
Late medieval sub-division of space within a parish church: Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York Huntington, Joanna York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No. 1, (2002) Abstract…
Symbols of Power and Authority: The Iconography of Late Thirteenth-Century Chapter Houses
Constructed in the second half of the thirteenth century, the Chapter House at Westminster was the first of a series which includes similar structures at Salisbury and York.
Late Medieval Churchwardens’ Accounts and Parish Government: Looking beyond London and Bristol
Late Medieval Churchwardens’ Accounts and Parish Government: Looking beyond London and Bristol By Beat Kumin English Historical Review, Vol. 119 No.480 (2004) Abstract:…
Church discovery sheds light on medieval mystery
A community archaeology project entirely run by volunteers has made a remarkable discovery in a remote Norfolk priory that could help to shed…
Lalibela and Libanos, the King and the Hydro-Engineer of 13th-Century Ethiopia
How were they built? What religious iconography underlies their design? What was their liturgical function? Were they modelled on the Holy Land? Were all twelve built by King Lalibela who ruled in the early thirteenth century, as tradition claims?
