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2008
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Good Impressions: Image and Authority in Medieval Seals
There are few recent publications in English on medieval European seals. Those that exist are often approached from the archival perspective and focus on impressions rather than matrices. The papers in this volume present a fuller picture of seal use drawing from a wide variety of sources which combine matrix...Adams, Noel ; Cherry, John ; Robinson, James
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2015
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The British Museum Citole: New Perspectives
The British Museum citole is a unique example of medieval craftsmanship and is one of very few instruments from the Middle Ages to have survived. Its long, complex history includes a connection with the court of Elizabeth I and its conversion to a violin. The essays in this volume are...Speakman, Naomi ; Robinson, James
Musicology, iconography, organology, history, and conservation
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2014
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Matter of Faith: An Interdisciplinary Study of Relics and Relic Veneration in the Medieval Period
This publication is the outcome of the conference Matter of Faith, held to accompany the British Museum’s exhibition Treasures of Heaven, which brought together over thirty international experts in the field to present new research around the themes of medieval reliquaries and relic veneration. The result is an interdisciplinary study...Robinson, James ; de Beer, Lloyd ; Harnden, Anna