TEXTURES OF SACRED SCRIPTURE

Materials and Semantics of Sacred Book Ornament in the Western Middle Ages, 780-1300

Morgan Library and Museum, MS M.728, fol. 142r

Conf: Superficies–Surfaces, Skins and Textures. Sensory Encounters with Books and Related Multi-layered Objects, Zurich 18.01. – 20.01.2024

The research group “Textures of Sacred Scripture. Materials and Semantics of Sacred Book Ornament” and the Chair of Medieval Art History at the University of Zurich are organizing an international conference on “Superficies – Surfaces, Skins, and Textures. Sensory encounters with books and related multi-layered objects”. For the program and to participate online…

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Conference: Book Ornament and Luxury Critique, Zurich 16.09. – 17.09.2022

The research group “Textures of Sacred Scripture. Materials and Semantics of Sacred Book Ornament” is organizing a two-day international conference on “Book Ornament and Luxury Critique”. The conference, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, will take place at the Institute of Art History at the University of Zurich from 16 to 17 September 2022. Registration is required by…

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