The Skylitzes matritensis under study
Within the framework of the research project, Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts in Spain: Artworks, Context and Materiality -MABILUS (MICINN-PID2020-120067GB-I00), and thanks to a collaboration agreement signed in December 2022 between the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE), and the Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España (IPCE), the Skylitzes matritensis (BNE, Vitr. […]
Participation of Manuel Castiñeiras to the Online International Conference: “The Cast of Piety: Medieval and Post-Medieval Metalwork on Mount Athos (10th -16th c.)”
Manuel Castiñeiras participates to the Online International Conference: “The Cast of Piety: Medieval and Post-Medieval Metalwork on Mount Athos (10th -16th c.)”, 2-3 December 2022, which is organized by the Aristotle University of Thessalonki, with the paper: “The Diptych of the Despots of Epiros at the Cathedral of Cuenca: opus venetum and Byzantine workshops in the 14th-century art” […]
I International Seminar – BIZANTIUM AND THE MEDITERRANEAN (11th – 13th c.) Multiculturality, Gender and Prophane topics in Illuminated Manuscripts.
Byzantine illuminated manuscripts constitute a fascinating field of study to be explored in terms of cross-cultural exchanges , gender issues and the spreading of profane topics. This phenomenon was especially richin the turmoil of 12th-and-13th century art in the Mediterranean as a privileged space for interchangingbetween Latins, Greeks and Muslims. The prestige of Constantinople, the […]
Participation of Stefanos Kroustallis (ESCRBC, Madrid) in the Conferences: Book Ornament and Luxury Critique
September 16th, 2022 – Participation of Stefanos Kroustallis (Research team) in the Conferences Book Ornament and Luxury Critique, Zurich 15-17th September 2022, with the paper “Notis ornare libellos: Manuscript Illumination as a Sumptuary Art in the Middle Age”. The conference were organized for the project: Textures of Sacred Scripture. Materials and Semantics of Sacred Book […]
