Dumbarton Oaks houses the largest collection of Byzantine lead seals in the world, with approximately 17,000 specimens. ......more

In the era from 1000 to 1250, Europe underwent momentous social changes--including a growth in literacy and the emergenc......more

Medieval manuscript historian and author of the widely acclaimed Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts discovers the most......more

Reveals the hidden power of medieval manuscript decoration and its lasting influence today. The overlooked art of late m......more

Considering the output of the Dutch painter Geertgen tot Sint Jans (ca. 1465-95) in relationship to the religious and so......more

Late Antiquity and the early medieval period witnessed enormous cultural transformation throughout Europe and the Medite......more

Political intrigue and treachery, heroism and brutal violence, victory and defeat--all this is depicted in the Bayeux Ta......more

Political intrigue and treachery, heroism and brutal violence, victory and defeat--all this is depicted in the Bayeux Ta......more

The Ghaznavid and Ghurid Qur’ans (c. eleventh-Twelfth centuries CE), studied for the first time as a corpus, inform of h......more

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A surprising look at the big business of owning small businesses and what America’s franchise economy means for its work......more

Die Verwendung von Textilien in Büchern und Manuskripten war von der Spätantike bis in die frühe Neuzeit weit verbreitet......more

This anthology foregrounds the complex interplay of artistic production, material conditions, and political conjuncture ......more

Medieval book ornament is a rapidly developing field of research. In the last decade, the various materials and techniqu......more

The perfect culture guide for the curious traveler or medieval history enthusiast. Prague, established with the Czech st......more

"Femina is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the Middle Ages and its place in the modern mind." --Dan Jo......more

The first broad and long study of a major aspect of British medieval art, examining the historical relationships between......more

Fragments are central to the work of medievalists. Whether caused by destruction, decay, or the loss of context, fragmen......more

This book focuses on the Byzantine court in Constantinople and the young females (aged fourteen or younger) who married ......more

Bucolic imagery--of shepherds with flocks in idyllic surroundings--has barely been studied in Byzantine art history. The......more

While spread across the globe from North Africa to China, the visual culture of Syriac Christian communities remains to ......more

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Abstraction haunts medieval art, both withdrawing figuration and suggesting elusive presence. How does it make or destro......more

A Prayer Book owned by the Rothschilds, an Italian bronze casket by Antico, a lavishly illustrated Carnival chronicle fr......more

This ground-breaking book brings theoretical perspectives from twenty-first century media, film, and cultural studies to......more

This book analyzes artistic images of women and dragons over an extensive period, from Classical Greece and Rome (with f......more

The monograph offers the first comprehensive art historical analysis of the painted decoration of Middle Kingdom wooden ......more

Dorestad was the largest town of the Low Countries in the Carolingian era. As an inland port on the edge of the Frankish......more

A rich history of how the bonds between horses and people shaped the Middle Ages. This book explores the role of horses ......more

The theoretical framework known as Material Religion has emerged as a vibrant and profoundly influential approach within......more

Multidisciplinary scholarship showcasing innovative methods for working with sculptural material - with essays ranging f......more

This study examines the visual productions of the German Peasants’ War - pamphlets, banners, and clothing - to argue for......more

Dumbarton Oaks Papers is one of the world’s preeminent journals in the field of Byzantine Studies. Published annually si......more

This volume continues the Reading Dante with Images series, which brings together two great traditions in the critical e......more

Limoges enamelling was a cultural phenomenon in medieval Europe. Limoges in Aquitaine was the most famous and successful......more

A comprehensive presentation of the Yale University Art Gallery’s collection of Italian paintings from the thirteenth to......more

"This innovative, wide-ranging and erudite book illuminates the sophistication of artistic exchange at this time and pla......more

We begin here, in the Medieval and Byzantine world between 1000 and 1400, because this was an era of foundation and tran......more

An unprecedented cultural history of reproductions of medieval manuscripts Facsimiles are, or claim to be, exact copies ......more

For nearly four decades Elizabeth Sears has been an esteemed voice in the field of art history; her rich analyses, keen ......more

The story of the use of the drill in European sculpture has not yet been written, although it should be fascinating, sta......more

A splendid new reproduction of the most luxurious and most famous example of medieval illumination. Commissioned by Jean......more

Richly illustrated publication on books of hours in late medieval society and their frequent depiction in Flemish portra......more

As the first volume of a two-volume set on traditional Chinese art, this book outlines the history of Chinese art spanni......more

As the second volume of a two-volume set on Chinese art theory, this book introduces the typology of Chinese art and exp......more

As evidenced by the famed Book of Kells and monumental high crosses, Scotland and Ireland have long shared a distinctive......more

The catalogue illustrates the complex link between Dante, his work and Florence, analysing the dense network of relation......more

The bronze doors that survive to this day are the only complex of monumental bronzes from the European Middle Ages that ......more

These notecards feature sixteen different details of dazzlingly complex knotwork from medieval Celtic art, including fam......more

The Secret Middle Ages is a controversial and completely fresh view of the medieval world through its rare and amazing a......more

Twelve iconic animals, real and imagined, from the medieval Bodley Bestiary manuscript. A new mini wall calendar from Bo......more

The Middle Ages provide us with one of the richest repositories of art in the West. Yet the rise in the production of ar......more

The fragmentary remains of the Benedictine monastery of Saint-Pierre d’Orbais in northwest Champagne preserves a particu......more

Christian-Islamic encounters through religious arts, architecture, and material culture in the medieval era The coexiste......more

A lavishly illustrated study of the Welles-Ros Bible, exploring its provenance, ownership, design and production. At som......more

The best new research on medieval clothing and textiles, drawing from a range of disciplines. The essays collected here ......more

This richly illustrated and well-researched guide offers a comprehensive survey of Norfolk’s unmatched medieval glass he......more

This volume presents a facsimile reproduction of a medieval manuscript of "The Apocalypse of S. John the Divine," also k......more

Text, translation, and critical study of one of the most important medieval bestiaries. The bestiary - a book of animals......more

Hermetic Emblems of the French Revolution by Claude Paradin and Christopher Templesage is an English homage to Devises H......more

Dumbarton Oaks Papers is one of the world’s preeminent journals in the field of Byzantine Studies. Published annually si......more

Hark Peasants! Let this Bard guide you on the journey to becoming a better version of your peasant self. Imagine if the ......more

"For more than a millennium, a myriad of medieval manuscripts and artworks painted a picture of cats as playful and curi......more

This edited volume discusses images that bleed, speak, cry, move, and behave in ways we usually attribute to living crea......more

This book asks a single question. The question is, after completing his work at Canterbury Cathedral, where did William ......more

This book asks a single question. The question is, after completing his work at Canterbury Cathedral, where did William ......more

As evidenced by the famed Book of Kells and monumental high crosses, Scotland and Ireland have long shared a distinctive......more

Medieval art is ventriloquy. It distracts an audience, fully aware that the true voice is elsewhere, into believing that......more

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This book consists of 36 contributions, all of them intended as a memento for professor emeritus Nikola Jaki? in honour ......more

This volume addresses a vital point of intersection between images in the Middle Ages and those in the modern world: the......more

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Come join us on an enchanting journey through the history of witches, where ancient lore and modern reinterpretations co......more

In the absence of a tradition of self-portraiture, how could artists signal their presence within a painting? Centred on......more

From the battles over Jerusalem to the emergence of the "Holy Land," from legally mandated ghettos to the Edict of Expul......more