In Pursuit of Honor: The Balance between Widowhood and Motherhood in the Letters of Alessandra Strozzi
In Pursuit of Honor: The Balance between Widowhood and Motherhood in the Letters of Alessandra Strozzi Brewer, Cassandra Wagner College Forum for Undergraduate Research, Volume…
Runes in Changing Contexts: Viking Age and Medieval Writing Traditions
Runes in Changing Contexts: Viking Age and Medieval Writing Traditions Källström, Magnus 7th International Runic Symposium, Oslo (2010) Abstract The topic of Viking…
The Tree of Virtues and the Tree of Vices in Beinecke MS 416
The Tree of Virtues and the Tree of Vices in Beinecke MS 416 By Matthew Aleksinas Published online (2006) Introduction: The triumph of…
Material and Meaning in Lead Pilgrims’ Signs
Material and Meaning in Lead Pilgrims’ Signs Lee, Jennifer (Indiana University – Purdue University of Indianapolis) Peregrinations, Vol.2, Issue 3 (2009) Abstract Thanks to…
The Visitatio Sepulchri in the Latin Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Holy Week commemorates the last days of Christ’s earthly presence, from his entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to his crucifixion and resurrection.
$20 Million of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts donated to the University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania Libraries have received a major collection of 280 Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, valued at over $20 million, from long-time…
A Novel Comparative Study of the Dating of Bulgarian Parchment Manuscripts
A Novel Comparative Study of the Dating of Bulgarian Parchment Manuscripts By Jordan Tabov, Svilena Hristova and Milena Dobreva Paper given at QQML2009:…
Looking East and West : the reception and dissemination of the Topographia Hibernica and the Itinerarium ad partes Orientales in England [1185-c.1500]
Looking East and West : the reception and dissemination of the Topographia Hibernica and the Itinerarium ad partes Orientales in England [1185-c.1500] David, Sumithra…
The Several Sages: The Late Middle English Herbal in its Genre, Manuscript and Printed Context
The origins of herbal literature lie in the gathering and harvesting of herbs for nurture and health.
Rare 15th century copy of Book of Calculation by Fibonacci goes up for auction
A fifteenth-century copy of a medieval mathematical book is expected to sell for between $120,000 and 180,000 at a New York City auction…
Birds in the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg
Birds in the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg By Charles Vaurie The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 29, no. 6 (1971)…
The reception of Copernicus as reflected in biographies
The reception of Copernicus as reflected in biographies Kühne, Andreas Proceedings of the 2nd ICESHS (Kraków, Poland, September 6–9, 2006) Abstract Problems of the…
Rare Medieval Jewish Manuscript to be displayed at The Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will be displaying a rare medieval Jewish manuscript known as the Washington Haggadah. It is on loan from the…
Music in the Time of Saint Anselm
Music in the Time of Saint Anselm Cox, Donald R. (Saint Anselm College) The Saint Anselm Journal 2.1 (Fall 2004) Abstract The 11th century…
TRANSFORMATIONS OF AUTHORIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE MANESSE CODEX
TRANSFORMATIONS OF AUTHORIAL REPRESENTATION IN THE MANESSE CODEX DECHANT, DENNIS LYLE MA Thesis, University of Oregon, June (2010) Abstract Author portraits appear frequently in the…
Effigies ad Regem Angliae and the Representation of Kingship in Thirteenth-Century English Royal Culture
Effigies ad Regem Angliae and the Representation of Kingship in Thirteenth-Century English Royal Culture Collard, Judith eBLJ (2007), Article 9 Abstract In the ‘Treasures…
What was Emperor Augustus doing at a Carolingian banquet (ANTH. LAT.2 719f)?
What was Emperor Augustus doing at a Carolingian banquet (ANTH. LAT.2 719f)? By John J. Contreni Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, New Series 146 (2003)…
Underwear in the Maciejowski Bible
Underwear in the Maciejowski Bible By Constanza de Mendoza (Sunny Buchler) Published Online (2010) Abstract: This article is about the men’s and women’s…
Scholar discovers 6th-century Ethiopian Old Testament
A doctoral student at Durham University in England has discovered the existence of the oldest known copies of books of the Ethiopic Old…
The Lost Libraries of Transylvania: Some Examples from the 15th and 16th Centuries
The Lost Libraries of Transylvania: Some Examples from the 15th and 16th Centuries By Adinel Dinca Paper given at the 75th IFLA World…
Blessed John Soreth and Liège: A Collection of Sermons from 1451
Blessed John Soreth and Liège: A Collection of Sermons from 1451 Dieterich, D. Henry Fifteenth Century Studies v. 11 (1985) Abstract Not every prophet…
The Sign of Christ, the Sign of Salvation: an Exalted Cross in a Late Medieval Armenian Gospel Book
The Sign of Christ, the Sign of Salvation: an Exalted Cross in a Late Medieval Armenian Gospel Book By Orsolya Mednyánszky Paper given…
Cambridge Illuminations
Cambridge Illuminations Panayotova, Stella Marginalia, Vol. 3 (2006) Abstract The Cambridge Illuminations (July-December 2005) has been judged to be not only the largest…
Simplifying Access: Metadata for Medieval Disability Studies
Simplifying Access: Metadata for Medieval Disability Studies Guerra, Francesca (University of California, Santa Cruz) PNLA Quarterly, Volume 74, no. 2 (Winter 2010) Abstract…
Cripping the Middle Ages, Medievalizing Disability Theory
Cripping the Middle Ages, Medievalizing Disability Theory Wheatley, Edward The University of Michigan Press, (2010) Abstract This event shocks modern readers with its calculated…