Alex J Novikoff
I am a historian of medieval Europe and the Mediterranean. My scholarship ranges over multiple fields, including scholastic culture, interfaith relations, the history of dialogue and disputation, and the histories of Iberia, France, and Italy. I was the Nina Maria Gorrissen fellow of history at the American Academy in Berlin in fall 2016 and a visiting scholar at the Israel Institute of Advanced Studies in Jerusalem in 2018-2019. I am also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Since 2017 I have taught at Kenyon College in Ohio and since 2007 I have taught summer classes at Franklin University Switzerland in Lugano.
Supervisors: Edward M. Peters, Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, Anna Sapir Abulafia, Professor of Abrahamic Religions, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, Matthew Kempshall, Wadham College, Oxford University , and Jill N. Claster, New York University
Supervisors: Edward M. Peters, Henry Charles Lea Professor of Medieval History Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, Anna Sapir Abulafia, Professor of Abrahamic Religions, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, Matthew Kempshall, Wadham College, Oxford University , and Jill N. Claster, New York University
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Book Series: Religion and Law in Medieval Christian and Muslim Societies. Edited by John Tolan.
Book Series: Religion and Law in Medieval Christian and Muslim Societies. Edited by John Tolan.
Series: Sources for Byzantine Art History 3
In this book the beauty and meaning of Byzantine art and its aesthetics are for the first time made accessible through the original sources. More than 150 medieval texts are translated from nine medieval languages into English, with commentaries from over seventy leading scholars. These include theories of art, discussions of patronage and understandings of iconography, practical recipes for artistic supplies, expressions of devotion, and descriptions of cities. The volume reveals the cultural plurality and the interconnectivity of medieval Europe and the Mediterranean from the late eleventh to the early fourteenth centuries. The first part uncovers salient aspects of Byzantine artistic production and its aesthetic reception, while the second puts a spotlight on particular ways of expressing admiration and of interpreting of the visual.