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Handbook of Medieval Book Ornament

The Handbook of Medieval Book Ornament aims to give a survey of up-to-date research on the materials, the techniques and the semantics of deluxe manuscripts in the Western Middle Ages. It will comprise ca. 200 articles written by specialists of the respective topic. Read more

Posters

Katharina Schmidt-Ott, Tiziana Lombardo, Thomas Rainer, David Ganz and Maurizio Aceto: Application of XRF analysis to identify metallic inks in medieval manuscripts, TechnoHeritage2024, V International Congress. Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage, September 25-27th, 2024, Santiago de Compostela. Read more Katharina Schmidt-Ott, Tiziana Lombardo, Katharina Theil and David Ganz: In situ non-destructive…

Forthcoming

Thomas Rainer: The Many Colours of Purple: Shades of Purple in the Vienna Coronation Gospels, the Dagulf Psalter and Beyond. In: Purple Ornament in Medieval Manuscripts. Materials, Semantics and Sensual Quality, ed. by Charlotte Denoël und Thomas Rainer, Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2025  Thomas Rainer: 50 Shades of Purple. Purple Ornament in Medieval Manuscripts 780-1100 [in…

Books

Charlotte Denoël and Thomas Rainer: Purple Ornament in Medieval Manuscripts. Materials, Semantics and Sensual Quality, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2025 [forthcoming]. David Ganz (ed.): Der Goldene Psalter von St. Gallen, Cod. Sang. 22, St. Gallen Stiftsbibliothek, Kommentar zur Faksimile-Edition, Luzern 2024.

Articles

Katharina Theil: Die Präsenz des göttlichen Logos. Zur Bedeutung der zentralen Gemme mit arabischen Schriftzeichen auf dem Evangeliar aus dem Bamberger Dom (BSB Clm 4454). In: Sakrale Schriftbilder: Zur ikonischen Präsenz des Geschriebenen im mittelalterlichen Kirchenraum (Materiale Textkuluren 42), ed. by Tobias Frese, Lisa Horstmann und Franziska Wenig, Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2024, 47­-73, https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111304496 David…

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