Next semester I will have a pleasure to run a course in Atelier Landowska & Bodziony in Cracow. It is going to be 5 lectures about the medieval manuscripts. I will present the history of medieval illumination, with some elements of paleography and codicology. All the information available here (in Polish):…
On August 15th Roman Catholic Church celebrates feast of Assumption of Virgin Mary, as Jesus’ mother was supposed to be taken to Heaven at the end of her earthly life: her body and soul together. It should be noted though that the dogma about Assumption was officially announced by the…
I have a pleasure to present you an article on the iconography of a late gothic painting Lamentation of Chomranice. The article O kilku ciekawych motywach ikonograficznych w Opłakiwaniu z Chomranic, in: “Imagines Pictae. Studia nad malarstwem gotyckim w Polsce”, red. W. Walanus, M. Walczak, Kraków 2016 is in Polish, but contains English summary. PDF available here: Oplakiwanie_z_Chomranic…