Lecture: Thomas Rainer: Imagining Religious Identity and Difference through Book Formats: Scrolls and Codices in Judaism and Christianity. (Philadelphia, 18.11.2023)

Conference: The Image of the Book. Representing the Codex from Antiquity to the Present. 16th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age. November 16-18, Kislak Center Penn Libraries and Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia. For more

Workshop: Take Care! Conservation and Repair in the Middle Ages, Zurich 09.11. – 11.11.2023

The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) funded research project “Textures of Sacred Scripture. Materials and Semantics of Sacred Book Ornament in the Western Middle Ages, 780-1300” at the Chair of Medieval Art History of the University of Zurich invites to a three-day workshop on conservation, repair, and care of art in the Middle Ages. TheContinue reading “Workshop: Take Care! Conservation and Repair in the Middle Ages, Zurich 09.11. – 11.11.2023”

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 12.09.2022: thomas.rainer@uzh.ch. A Zoom link will be provided for participants who cannot attend in person. For more information and the program…

Lecture: Katharina Theil: Radiant Gospel Books: Medieval Codices Adorned with Gemstones and Their Multisensory Qualities in Ritual Performance (Cork, Ireland, 28.06.2022)

Conference: SCRIPT Panel Iconic Texts. Material and Iconic Dimensions of Sacred Texts at the European Association for the Study of Religions (EASR) yearly conference in Cork, Ireland, June 27-July 1, 2022, organized by James Watts. For more

Lecture: Thomas Rainer: Jonas und der Kürbis. Sagt ein Bild mehr als tausend Worte? Zum Verhältnis von Bild, Übersetzung und Deutung Heiliger Schrift (Stuttgart, 24.05.2022)

Wissenschaftliche Begleittagung zur Ausstellung “Bild-fromm? Sehen, Erkennen, Glauben… Die Bibel in Bildern”, Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart, 23.-24.05.2022. For more