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Exhibition Review
The Lindisfarne Gospels. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1267-1269
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Reviewer:
Meehan, Bernard (Meehan, Bernard)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain
subjects:
Anglo-Saxon / Manuscripts / Early medieval / Metalwork / Pictish / Sculpture / Carvings / Coins
works:
Lindisfarne Gospels (British Library, London)
Reviewed Items
works:
The Lindisfarne Gospels Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle 17th September–3rd December | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
5. Trumpington Cross. 7th century. Gold and garnet, diameter 3.5 cm. (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge; exh. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle).
Western art unattributed:
6. Beginning of the Gospel of St John from the Lindisfarne Gospels. c.700. Vellum, 36.5 by 27.5 cm. (British Library, London, Cotton MS Nero D IV, fol.211r; exh. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle).
Western art unattributed:
7. Eagle, symbol of John the Evangelist. Northumbria or Iona, c.700. Vellum, 28.5 by 21.9 cm. (Corpus Christi College Cambridge, MS 197B; exh. Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle).
Book Review
The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred and Secular Power of Embroidery (Ancient Textiles Series, 35)
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 374
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Tibbetts Schulenburg, Jane (Tibbetts Schulenburg, Jane)
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subjects:
Anglo-Saxon / Embroidery / Early medieval / Textiles
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: The Sacred and Secular Power of Embroidery (Ancient Textiles Series, 35) By Alexandra Lester-Makin. 256 pp. incl. 32 col. + 94 b. & w. ills. (Oxbow Books, Oxford, 2019),  38. ISBN 978–1–78925–144–9. | :
Book Review
The Cross, the Gospels, and the Work of Art in the Carolingian Age. By Beatrice E. Kitzinger
01/2020 | 1402 | 162
Pages: 74-75
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Reviewer:
Chazelle, Celia (Chazelle, Celia)
Subjects
media:
Illuminated manuscripts / Metalwork
places:
Great Britain / Europe
subjects:
Holy Cross / Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / Carolingian School / Religious art / Poetry / Early medieval
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Cross, the Gospels, and the Work of Art in the Carolingian Age By Beatrice E. Kitzinger. 322 pp. incl. 148 col. ills. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018), £57.99. ISBN 978–1–108–42881–1. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Crucifixion, from the Angers Gospels. Brittany or Loire Valley, late 9th–early 10th century. Coloured ink on parchment, 30.7 by 21 cm. (Bibliothèque municipale Angers, MS 24(20), fol.7v).
Book Review
Art in Spain and Portugal from the Romans to the Early Middle Ages: Routes and Myths, R. Walker
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 437-438
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Reviewer:
McNeil, John (McNeil, John)
Subjects
dates:
Early medieval
places:
Iberian peninsula
subjects:
Spanish architecture / Spanish sculpture / Portuguese architecture / Portuguese sculpture / Visigothic / Roman Empire / Antiquity / Andalusia
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Detail of corn from a fresco in the garden room of the Villa Medici, Rome, by Jacopo Zucchi. c.1585.
Book Review
Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. By Julian Flannery
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 166
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Reviewer:
Cameron, James Alexander (Cameron, James Alexander)
Subjects
art literature:
Harvey, John H. / Pevsner, Nikolaus / Gem, Richard, Haddenham, Great Britain / Goodall, John A. A. / Sekules, Veronica
dates:
0500-0599 / 0600-0699 / 0700-0799 / 0800-0899 / 0900-0999 / 1000-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1299 / 1300-1399 / 1400-1499
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Architectural components
places:
Great Britain
subjects:
Churches / Parish churches / Towers / Spires / Steeples / Architects / Architectural historians / Architectural history / Bibliographies / Patronage / Early medieval / Late medieval / Medieval
Book Review
The Wyvern Collection: Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture and Metalwork. By Paul Williamson
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 974-975
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Reviewer:
Dectot, Xavier (Dectot, Xavier)
Subjects
artists:
Buglioni, Benedetto / Ferrucci, Andrea di Piero / Morel, Jacques / Riemenschneider, Tilman
dates:
0200-0299 / 0300-0399 / 0400-0499 / 0500-0599 / 0600-0699 / 0700-0799 / 0800-0899 / 0900-0999 / 1000-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1299 / 1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599
media:
Sculpture / Wood sculpture / Stone / Marbles / Alabaster carvings / Metalwork / Reliefs
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Europe
subjects:
Collections, Private / Catalogues / Attribution / Dating / Identification / Provenance / Patronage / Commissions / Scientific analysis / Technical analysis / Radiocarbon dating / Art market / Medieval / Early medieval / Late medieval / Byzantine art / Baroque / Rococo / Boxwood / Porphyry / Busts / Sarcophagi / Polychromy / Aquamanilia / Copper
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
1. Head of an apocalyptic elder. Western French (Parthenay), c.1160, with restorations. Limestone, height 31.5 cm. (Wyvern Collection).
Publication Received
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II. From the Early Christian Era to the ‘Age of Discovery’. Part 1: From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood
08/2012 | 1313 | 154
Pages: 587
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Reviewer:
Blood, Anne (Blood, Anne)
Subjects
print:
Medieval art
subjects:
Africans / Representation / Art history / Art theory / Politics / European / Early medieval
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Image of the Black in Western Art, Volume II. From the Early Christian Era to the ‘Age of Discovery’. Part 1: From the Demonic Threat to the Incarnation of Sainthood | editor: Bindman, David , editor: Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
Book Review
Victoria and Albert Museum. Medieval Ivory Carvings: Early Christian to Romanesque
06/2011 | 1299 | 153
Pages: 409-410
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Reviewer:
Lowden, John (Lowden, John)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
print:
Ivories
subjects:
Ivories / Carvings / Collections, Public / Early medieval / Medieval / Late medieval / Catalogues
subjects:
Christian iconography / Romanesque
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Victoria and Albert Museum. Medieval Ivory Carvings: Early Christian to Romanesque | author: Williamson, Paul
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
46. The Ascension of Christ. Cologne, c.1150–60. Walrus ivory, 21 by 19.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Publication Received
Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants
03/2011 | 1296 | 153
Pages: 189-190
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Reviewer:
Davies, Glyn (Davies, Glyn)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Corning Museum of Glass, New York, United States
print:
Glass
subjects:
Exhibition catalogues / Glass / Glassware / Cut glass / Drinking glasses / Hedwig glass / Techniques / Scientific analysis
subjects:
Early medieval / Late medieval / Medieval
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants | contributor: Gudenrath, William , contributor: Wedepohl, Karl Hans , author: Whitehouse, David
Book Review
Pontius Pilate, Anti-Semitism, and the Passion in Medieval Art
12/2010 | 1293 | 152
Pages: 809
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Reviewer:
Kauffmann, C. M. (Kauffmann, C. M.; K., C. M.)
Subjects
dates:
1100-1199
print:
Pontius Pilate
print:
Medieval art
subjects:
Pontius Pilate / Christian iconography / Jesus Christ: Passion / Jewish iconography / Jews
subjects:
Art / Early medieval / Medieval
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Pontius Pilate, Anti-Semitism, and the Passion in Medieval Art | author: Hourihane, Colum
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
37. Pilate washing his hands and sprinkling water on the Jews. c.1125. Miniature. (St Albans Psalter, fol.23r; Dombibliothek, Hildesheim).
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