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A Review of The Architecture of the Scottish Medieval Church 1100–1560

Architectural Histories, 2013
If ever a book could be described as a ‘magnum opus’ it is this: indeed it is a summa. Richard Fawcett has been publishing on Scottish medieval architecture, mainly ecclesiastical, for three decades, ranging from articles on minute changes in Gothic ...
Ian Campbell
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Rethinking the Medieval Visual Culture of Eastern Europe: Two Case Studies in Dialogue (Serbia and Wallachia)

Arts, 2023
This article explores how the visual culture of Eastern Europe has been studied and often excluded from the grander narratives of art history and more specialized conversations due to political and cultural limitations, as well as bias in the field.
Maria Alessia Rossi, Alice Isabella Sullivan   +1 more
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In the Vineyard of the Lord: Art, Imagination, and the Stained Glass Commissions of William of Wykeham in Fourteenth-Century English Colleges

British Art Studies, 2017
In the 1380s and 1390s, extensive and exceptionally fine glazing schemes were installed in the chapels of New College, Oxford and Winchester College, the two educational foundations of William of Wykeham, bishop of Winchester and one of the most ...
Veronika Decker
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Architecture Serving Words: Sensus Litteralis in Richard of Saint Victor’s Exegesis

Religions
Medieval biblical exegesis in the twelfth century was largely dominated by allegorical interpretation, often at the expense of the literal sense of Scripture. Richard of Saint Victor stands out as a significant exception.
María José Zegers-Correa
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As siglas da igreja de Boelhe

Portugália, 2019
In this essay we seek to analyse the masons’ marks from the church of S. Gens de Boelhe and answer some questions related to the construction of the monument and its builders. The systematic analysis of a building´s mason marks can provide informations
César Guedes
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Mathematical Determination of the Cultural Interaction between Medieval Groups

Journal of Mathematical Sciences and Modelling, 2020
A mathematical classification of two-dimensional ornaments into 17 plane symmetry groups is presented, which were created by five medieval cultural groups of Middle East. The data are considered representative for the cultural groups.
Mehmet Erbudak
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Russian travellers on the architectural heritage of Ani

Проект Байкал, 2023
The monuments of urban development and architecture of Ani, the medieval capital of Armenia, are presented through the eyes of Russian travellers, writers and artists of the late 18th and early 20th centuries.
Армен Казарян
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Medieval Central Asian Architecture [PDF]

International Journal of Social Science And Human Research, 2021
Samarkand, Bukhara, Tashkent, Khiva, Shakhrisabz, Kokand, Margilan, Gijduvan, Vobkent, Termez and other historical cities, which played an important role in the development of world civilization and formed over the centuries in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
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The Iconography of the Dome as an Architectural Element in Armenian Medieval Miniature Painting

Journal of Architectural and Engineering Research
The article discusses the iconography of the dome as an architectural element in Armenian medieval manuscript illumination. The work aims to examine the features of depicting the architectural setting and its symbolic aspects and observe the types of ...
Armine Babajanyan
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The Englishness of English Sedilia

British Art Studies, 2017
Sedilia are the ceremonial seats of the priest, deacon, and subdeacon placed to the south of the altar. In Gothic church architecture, they typically take the form of three deep niches, recessed into the thickness of the wall, surmounted by arches and ...
James Alexander Cameron
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