History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art books

Who was commissioned to produce heraldic art in medieval and Early Modern culture? Was it a matter left to a small...  Read More >>

An illustrated guide to the vigils, moveable feasts and saint's days that marked the medieval year, with all examples...  Read More >>

Based mainly on examples in the Bodleian Library, this lavishly illustrated account tells the story of manuscript...  Read More >>

Die UNESCO-Welterbestatte Kloster Lorsch steht seit langem im Blickpunkt der Archaologie. Erstmals werden in einem...  Read More >>

It's time to learn some Viking Swear Words! Here's 32 of them for you to use (and abuse). Contains MILD EXPLICIT...  Read More >>

"This wonderfully readable work by the Jungian analyst Eugene Monick is about an equally wondrous, if difficult,...  Read More >>

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The essays collected in this volume publish the proceedings of a colloquium held at the Warburg Institute in January...  Read More >>

The encyclopedic compilation Liber Floridus, created by the Flemish canon Lambert of Saint-Omer in the early twelfth...  Read More >>

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The first study to trace the emergence of the art historical interest in icon painting in the nineteenth century...  Read More >>

Die abenteuerliche Geschichte des Mainzer Goldschmucks, des wohl prominentesten mittelalterlichen Schmuckensembles...  Read More >>

"The so-called chasuble of Thomas Becket (1118-1170) is one of the most magnificent medieval textiles in the Mediterranean...  Read More >>

In The Aghlabids and their Neighbors an international group of scholars present the latest research on the history,...  Read More >>

Fund-raising book about the mediaeval artist Thomas Payntour in Stratford upon Avon by Helen Bland  Read More >>

An examination of women as mothers in medieval French sculpture.  Read More >>

Examinations of the use of diagrams, symbols etc. found as commentary in medieval texts.  Read More >>

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East Timor (Timo Leste) History, Government and Politics, People, Culture and Religion. From the 16th century onwards,...  Read More >>

Between the 7th and 12th centuries, a distinctive form of script and illumination predominated in the manuscripts...  Read More >>

In this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle...  Read More >>

This volume explores the late medieval and early modern periods from the perspective of objects. While the agency...  Read More >>

Order and Confusion is the title of a groundbreaking and monumental reconstruction of the twelfth-century choir...  Read More >>