Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture Series

22 primary works • 22 total works
This series aims to provide a forum for debate on the art and architecture of the Middle Ages. It will cover all media, from manuscript illuminations to maps, tapestries, carvings, wall-paintings, and stained glass, and all periods and regions, including Byzantine art.
Art and Political Thought in Medieval England, c.1150-1350
An exploration of how power and political society …
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The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe: Making, Meaning, Preserving
Fresh examinations of one of the most important ch…
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The Art of Anglo-Saxon England (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture, 1)
A fresh appraisal of the art of Anglo-Saxon Englan…
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Church Monuments in South Wales, c. 1200-1547
The first full-scale study of the medieval funerar…
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A Critical Companion to English Mappae Mundi of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Mappae mundi (maps of the world), beautiful object…
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Designing Norman Sicily: Material Culture and Society
Essays showing how the stuff of Norman Sicily, its…
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Early Medieval Stone Monuments: Materiality, Biography, Landscape
New insights into inscribed and stone monuments fr…
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Education in Twelfth-Century Art and Architecture: Images of Learning in Europe, c.1100-1220
A study of the representation of education in mate…
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English Alabaster Carvings and their Cultural Contexts
New interpretations of an art form ubiquitious in …
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English Medieval Misericords: The Margins of Meaning (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture)
Misericord carvings present a fascinating corpus o…
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English Medieval Shrines (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture)
The cult of saints is one of the most fascinating …
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Graphic Devices and the Early Decorated Book
Examinations of the use of diagrams, symbols etc. …
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Imagining Anglo-Saxon England: Utopia, Heterotopia, Dystopia
A fresh approach to the construction of "Anglo-Sax…
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Insular Iconographies: Essays in Honour of Jane Hawkes
Essays on aspects of iconography as manifested in …
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The Marvellous and the Monstrous in the Sculpture of Twelfth-Century Europe (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture, 5)
Richly-illustrated consideration of the meaning of…
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Motherhood and Meaning in Medieval Sculpture: Representations from France, c.1100-1500
An examination of women as mothers in medieval Fre…
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The Reliquary Tabernacles of Fourteenth-Century Tuscany
Ground-breaking study of the enigmatic and unique …
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The Rood in Medieval Britain and Ireland, c.800-c.1500
New readings demonstrate the centrality of the roo…
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The Royal Abbey of Reading
First full-length survey of Reading Abbey, one of …
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Stone Fidelity: Memorialising Marriage in Medieval Tomb Sculpture
Medieval tombs often depict husband and wife lying…
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Thresholds of Medieval Visual Culture: Liminal Spaces
This aptly-named book brings all manner of boundar…
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Tomb & Temple: Re-imagining the Sacred Buildings in Jerusalem
Essays exploring the influence of the sacred build…
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