Seeing-in: the Macclesfield Pssalter

On Light, ed. by K.P. Clarke and Sarah Baccianti, Medium Ævum Monographs, 2013

The Downside Review, 2013

2010

Parergon, 2015

2015

During my studies as an undergraduate student with an interest for medieval art, I found myself drawn to the beautifully painted works of illuminated manuscripts. Especially interested in the history, culture, and tradition of the British Isles, I became intrigued by the oftentimes-interchangeable term Insular. Textbooks, scholars, and various journal articles that I read all viewed Insularity in a slightly different light. So when given the chance to explore a unique topic for my honors thesis, I immediately knew that I had to research this problematic designation. My research began with a broad reading of the core of books, journals, and essays written on the topic of Insular art and history. I honed in on the tendency by scholars to limit the Insular world to works produced only in the British Isles. To examine this problem in more detail, I extended my research in the summer of 2014 beyond the classroom and library cubicle. I visited ten European countries over a ten-week period...

Speculum, 2002

2014

The paper deals with the fi rst English Psalter which appeared in print. It was published in the turbulent times of the early Reformation in 1530. The article discusses the details of the publication: the authors of the Latin translation and its English rendition, the printer’s name and the place of the publication so carefully protected at the time of its production. It aims not only at presenting the genuine people and places hidden behind the fake information but also tries to uncover the motivations for the assumed pseudonyms.