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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-destructiveContinue reading “Posters”
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 [inContinue reading “Forthcoming”
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 DavidContinue reading “Articles”
Thomas Rainer: Farbstoffe, Pigmente und Metalltuschen: Die Farbigkeit des Goldenen Psalters im Licht materialanalytischer Untersuchungen.
In: Der Goldene Psalter von St. Gallen, Cod. Sang. 22, St. Gallen Stiftsbibliothek. Kommentar zur Faksimile-Edition, ed. by David Ganz. Luzern 2024, 149–157.
Thomas Rainer: Ausgespart im Purpurgrund. Die purpurne Auszeichnung von Titeln und Bildern im Goldnen Psalter.
In: Der Goldene Psalter von St. Gallen, Cod. Sang. 22, St. Gallen Stiftsbibliothek. Kommentar zur Faksimile-Edition, ed. by David Ganz. Luzern 2024, 111–121.
Reviews
Lydia Lymbourides: Veranstaltungsbericht. Superficies – Surfaces, Skins and Textures. Sensory Encounters with Books and Related Multi-layered Objects. Internationale Konferenz, Universität Zürich, 18.–20. Januar 2024, in: Medialität. Historische Perspektiven 28 (2024), 31-33. https://textures-of-scripture.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/zmh_newsletter_2824_web.pdf
Thomas Rainer: Review Anna Bücheler, Ornament as Argument. Textile Pages and Textile Metaphors in Early Medieval Manuscripts, Berlin / Boston 2019, in: Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, 258 (2022), 182-185. https://journals.openedition.org/ccm/9559
Handbook
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.
