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Pope Celestine III (1191–1198)
Hyacinth Bobone (c. 1105-1198) was one of the great figures of twelfth-century Europe. Active in the Roman Curia from the 1120s, a student in Paris, and associated with both Peter Abelard and Arnold of Brescia, he was made cardinal deacon of Santa Maria in Cosmedin in 1144 and served there during forty-seven years before being elected as pope in 1191. As curial cardinal and as papal legate in France, Spain, Portugal and the Empire, he was deeply involved in many of the major political conflicts and ecclesiastical reforms of his time. As pope, he contended with formidable secular rulers and serious setbacks for the crusading movement. His pontificate saw particularly notable developments in t...
Iter Italicum
A cumulative index to the "Iter Italicum" volumes 1-6, encompassing the indexes previously published to the individual volumes. Reorganised for ease of use, this invaluable aid to users of Kristeller's monumental work will greatly facilitate access to the huge amount of information found here.
The Imagery and Politics of Sexual Violence in Early Renaissance Italy
This book is the first comprehensive study of images of rape in Italian painting at the dawn of the Renaissance. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, Péter Bokody examines depictions of sexual violence in religion, law, medicine, literature, politics, and history writing produced in kingdoms (Sicily and Naples) and city-republics (Florence, Siena, Lucca, Bologna and Padua). Whilst misogynistic endorsement characterized many of these visual discourses, some urban communities condemned rape in their propaganda against tyranny. Such representations of rape often link gender and aggression to war, abduction, sodomy, prostitution, pregnancy, and suicide. Bokody also traces how the new naturalism in painting, introduced by Giotto, increased verisimilitude, but also fostered imagery that coupled eroticism and violation. Exploring images and texts that have long been overlooked, Bokody's study provides new insights at the intersection of gender, policy, and visual culture, with evident relevance to our contemporary condition.
Petrus de Ebulo, De rebus Siculis Carmen
Il De rebus Siculis carmen o Carmen de motibus Siculis o Liber ad honorem Augusti, trasmesso da un solo testimone manoscritto, Bern Burgerbibliothek, Codex 120 II (siglato B), è una delle tre opere attribuite a Pietro da Eboli ed è databile agli anni 1194-1197. Racconta in distici elegiaci la conquista del Regno di Sicilia da parte dell'imperatore Enrico VI di Svevia. Una delle principali caratteristiche del ms. è quella di essere miniato. A differenza degli altri codici dell’epoca, dove le miniature vengono utilizzate per ornare il testo, qui rappresentano un aiuto alla comprensione, facendo da supporto a ciò che viene narrato poeticamente e completandone a volte le lacune. Le immagini sono poste sul recto di ogni carta e illustrano i versi che sono posti di fronte, sul verso della carta accanto. Questa particolarità rende particolarmente utile un’edizione che permetta il riscontro immediato col manoscritto, sia per la parte testuale che per quella iconografica. La presente edizione critica, curata da Fulvio Delle Donne, è stata concepita innanzitutto per una sua resa digitale in xml, disponibile all'indirizzo http://web.unibas.it/bup/evt2/pde/index.html.
A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture
The two-volume Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture bridges the gap between monograph and survey text by providing a new level of access and interpretation to Islamic art. The more than 50 newly commissioned essays revisit canonical topics, and include original approaches and scholarship on neglected aspects of the field. This two-volume Companion showcases more than 50 specially commissioned essays and an introduction that survey Islamic art and architecture in all its traditional grandeur Essays are organized according to a new chronological-geographical paradigm that remaps the unprecedented expansion of the field and reflects the nuances of major artistic and political developments ...
