Medieval Work in Progress Seminars

Photograph of an alabaster tomb decoration

‘perpetual food for our souls’: The Carthusians at the Cartuja de Miraflores

5:00pm, 8 Mar 2023 | Free, booking essential

Join us for this medieval work in progress seminar where Dr Nicholas Flory will discuss the Cartuja de Miraflores and the tombs within it. ...

Photograph of a sculpture of the Virgin Mary, who leans on a book sitting on a plinth

Alabaster Sculpture in Europe 1300-1650

5:00pm, 8 Feb 2023 | Free, booking essential

Join Dr Marjan Debaene as she speaks about the exhibition 'Alabaster' being held at M Leuven, from its concept to its curation. ...

Photograph of a richly decorated alterpiece with three chairs in front of it

Magnificence Tempered: On Spatial Zones and Visual Strategies in Late Medieval Parish Churches

5:00pm, 25 Jan 2023 | Free, booking essential

This lecture looks at visual cultures on the threshold to the choir and in the lay church, focussing on the interactions of artistic media such as altarpieces and sacrament houses....

Photograph of a stone carving at the top of a pillar depicting a man on a horse turning backwards to embrace a woman

Research

“So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty”: on the sculptures of knights and ladies at Santa María la Mayor de Toro (Zamora)

5:00pm, 23 Nov 2022 | Free, booking essential

In this Medieval Work in Progress seminar, Marina Aurora Garzón Fernández will speak on the sculptures found in the Santa María la Mayor de Toro (Zamora). ...

Photograph of a stone structure surrounded by bushes and trees

Networks, Transcultural Entanglements, and the Power of Aesthetic Choices: Artistic Encounters in the Medieval Afro-Eurasian World

5:00pm, 26 Oct 2022 | Free, booking essential

Join Dr Vera-Simone Schulz to hear more about her work on the networks, entanglements, and artistic connections found in portable artefacts of the medieval Afro-Eurasian world. ...

Research

Unimpressed: Livery Badge and Legal Tender in Late Medieval England

5:00pm, 22 Jun 2022 | Free, booking essential

At the center of this talk are two unimpressive objects: the livery badge and the coin. ...

Research

The Guest of the Body: Visualizing Souls in Medieval Europe, 1100-1200

5:00pm, 27 Apr 2022 | Free, booking essential

A lecture from Shirin Fozi looking at the relationship between body and soul in medieval imagery. ...

Illustrated page of a manuscript containing Hebrew writing

Research

The Limits of Alterity in Ashkenazic Manuscripts

5:00pm, 26 Jan 2022 | Free, booking essential

Professor Elina Gertsman will discuss the Hammelburg Mahzor, a Jewish festival book completed in Lower Franconia in the middle of the fourteenth century. ...

Sculpture of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus

Research

Living Matter in Medieval Denmark

5:00pm, 8 Dec 2021 | Free, booking essential

In this talk, the phenomenon of living matter will be discussed using medieval Denmark as a case-study. ...

Research

Fragmented Illuminations: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Cuttings at the Victoria and Albert Museum

5:00pm, 10 Nov 2021 | Free, booking essential

On the occasion of the Fragmented Illuminations exhibition at the V&A (8 September 2021-8 May 2022), curator Catherine Yvard will explore the history of this collection, and highlight some of the exciting discoveries made while researching for the ex...