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Hannah Skoda - Medieval textiles of St John’s College, Oxford., Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Medieval textiles of St John’s College, Oxford.

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Av Hannah Skoda

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A richly illustrated exploration of the remarkable historic textiles of St John's College, Oxford, revealing their craftsmanship, history and enduring cultural significance.St John's College, Oxford, has a unique collection of fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century liturgical vestments and banners, as well as three sixteenth- and seventeenth-century tapestries and several early modern cushions. This volume offers a detailed descriptive and illustrated catalogue, as well as a range of articles examining the histories of these textiles within college life over the centuries, the religious context of Reformation and re-use of ecclesiastical garments, histories of embroidery, tapestry and liturgy. Taken together, these articles reveal the cultural and religious significance of these gorgeous materials, then and now.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-12-22
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x undefined mm
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 232
  • Förlag: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781837655298
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Hannah Skoda is Fellow and Tutor in medieval history at St John's College, Oxford. She is also keeper of the textiles and silver at the college. Sylvia Alvares Correia is a Junior Research Fellow in the History of Art at Christ Church college, Oxford. She works on the cultural exchanges between the Netherlands and Portugal, as well as Portugal's overseas territories in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Malcolm Vale is emeritus fellow in medieval history at St John's College, Oxford. He has published widely on the political and cultural history of the later Middle Ages. Michael Riordan is archivist at St John's College, Oxford, and Queen's College, Oxford. Matthew Cheung Salisbury is lecturer in music at University College, Oxford. He specialises in the medieval liturgy and the theology of music in worship. Kate Heard is senior curator of prints and drawings at the Royal Collection Trust. James G. Clark is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He has published widely on the later Middle Ages and early modern period, most recently The Dissolution of the Monasteries (Yale, 2021) Jane Stevenson is Senior Research Fellow at Campion Hall, Oxford, and a member of the English Faculty, Oxford. She has published widely on Latin and the classical tradition, women's history, and exiles particularly recusants. Katherine Wilson is Professor of Later Medieval European History at the University of Chester. She works on the shifting patterns of material culture and its commercial, cultural and political contexts. Richard de Beer is Curator of Heritage of the Old Catholic Church, Museum Catharijne convent in Utrecht, Netherlands. Mary Brooks is associate professor at the University of Durham. Her research focuses on how society engages with 'material things' and how these are, or have been, collected, interpreted and represented in museums. Rebecca Moisan is Conservation Officer at Southampton City Council and Art Gallery. Helen Wyld is Senior Curator of History Textiles at National Museums, Scotland. She is the author of The Art of Tapestry (Bloomsbury, 2022) Jane Malcolm-Davies is senior lecturer in textile studies at the Uppsala University. She has published widely, using reconstruction as a scholarly research method, and integrating craft expertise into academic investigation. Tanya Bentham is a medieval embroidery specialist and maker. Elizabeth MacFarlane is chaplain of St John's College, Oxford.

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