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Category: Medieval Exhibitions
Colour – The Art and Science of Medieval Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam
Cutting-edge research carried out on the collections of Medieval Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam’s in Cambridge is currently exhibited.
Heaven is on Display in Altenberg
This summer head for Franfurt and the Städel Museum, which shows a unique reunion of the Altenberg Altar and its liturgical treasures from c. 1300
Exhibition in Medieval Vannes
Medieval Vannes, located strategically by the sea, played a central role in the history of Brittany. Summer 2016, special exhibition tells the story
Lejre Museum
Lejre in Denmark was the mythical royal seat of the Scyldings, renowned in Beowulf and the chronicle of Widukind. A new museum is well worth a detour.
Islamic Arms and Armor in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Islamic Arms and Armour were early on prestigious symbols of status, wealth, and power. New book beautifully presents the collection in the Met .
Powerful Textiles from Late Antiquity
This spring, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at the University of New York has mounted an exhibition on the Power of Textiles: how people in Late Antiquity used sumptuous textiles to design their identity.
Medieval Art in L’Aquila
In 2009 an earthquake registering 6.3 on the Richter scale struck the city of L’Aquila in the Abbruzzo in Italy. Now the regional art museum has reopened.
New Romanesque and Gothic Masterpieces at Museo Nacional in Barcelona
New Romanesque and Gothic Masterpieces exhibited at Museo Nacional in Barcelona stem from a donation by Antonio Gallardo Ballart
The Lindau Gospels in Brilliant Light
The Lindau Gospels, a ninth-century illuminated manuscript encased in a gold binding encrusted with precious stones may now be seen in a brilliant light
Medieval Exhibitions 2016
This year opens with a number of exhibitions on medieval matters of the more select kind. Autumn will bring a major exhibition in Paris on the Merovingians.
Fashion in Renaissance Nürnberg
In Nürnberg they have an amazing collection of costumes, which is usually hidden away. Now for the first time in decades they are put on show.
Clovis I – Sixteen Years and Reaching for the Throne
In AD 481 Clovis, son of Childeric was only sixteen years old, when his father died. How did he grab his throne? Wonderful new exhibition in Mainz tells the story
Giotto in Milan
Giotto is without doubt one of the great masters in European Art. This autumn a major exhibition - Giotto L’Italia - of fourteen masterpeices may be seen in Milan.
Arms and Armour from the Age of Agincourt
The Wallace Collection in London holds a very important number of late medieval weapons. As part of the commemoration of Agincourt 1415 an exhibition reveals its treasures.
Sceptre of Henry V
For the first time in 600 years, a sceptre King Henry V gave to the City of London in gratitude for its support in the Hundred Years’ War will go on public display.