Scholarly book on European coronation rituals supplies sound background to 11th-century art history
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Scholarly book on European coronation rituals supplies sound background to 11th-century art history
This book corrects the misleading impression given by historians that the High Middle Ages were a transition to secularisation of the royal state
Books: The ecumenicity of iconophobia
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Books: The ecumenicity of iconophobia
Christian, Jewish and Muslim anxieties about images
No, not Madonna the singer in the V&A's new Medieval and Renaissance galleries
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No, not Madonna the singer in the V&A's new Medieval and Renaissance galleries
How the Victoria & Albert Museum’s new Medieval and Renaissance galleries have dealt with our ignorance of Christianity
UK museums face controversial Ethiopian legacy: The Maqdala materials at the British Museum, the V&A, and the British Library
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UK museums face controversial Ethiopian legacy: The Maqdala materials at the British Museum, the V&A, and the British Library
The Art Newspaper reveals that sacred Maqdala tablets are hidden away in a sealed store of the British Museum
Holy tabots to be transferred from British Museum to Ethiopian church
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Holy tabots to be transferred from British Museum to Ethiopian church
Conversely, the University of Edinburgh has ruled against returning their own war loot
Sinai monks in historic agreement with British Library over Codex Sinaiticus
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Sinai monks in historic agreement with British Library over Codex Sinaiticus
Ownership dispute has been set aside for joint study and digitisation of the world’s oldest bible