On October 22nd I had a pleasure to present a lecture on the Missal of Erazm Ciołek, dating back to the early 16th century. It was in the National Library in Warsaw, on the occasion of the exhibition of that manuscript, as a part of a cycle The First/The Oldest. The…
I am very happy to inform that my article on the fifteenth century panel painting called “Lamentation of Chomranice” has just been published. It is a rather unique gothic masterpiece – so unique that I had troubles publishing the article about it in the British periodicals, due to problems with…
Today I would like to tell you about a unique monument in Poland that is still not very well-known, although many have heard of it. It is the Ducal Tower in Siedlęcin near Jelenia Góra (Lower Silesia), dating back to the first half of the 14th century and decorated with the…
On Monday 12th December I will be honored to give a lecture for Seniors of Wieliczka, as a part of a program “Monday Seniors’ Club” organized by the Library in Wieliczka (http://www.biblioteka.wieliczka.eu/pl/35793/0/SENIORZY.html). W will meet in the “Solne Miasto” Centre at 4 pm and I will talk about the renovation of Wawel…
The lecture on the history of medieval manuscript illumination will be provided by me on Saturday November 26th exclusively for the students of the Atelier Landowska&Bodziony. It will be the first part of a bigger cycle and this lecture will focus on the early medieval manuscripts – from late Antiquity till…