Glass and Kent State

Medieval monastery in Hungary was a glass-making hub, researchers find

 Central European University Professor of Medieval Studies Jozsef Laszlovszky and his students have been hanging out in the 12th century. They haven't gone back in time, just up the Danube to the site of a medieval monastic estate in Pomaz that housed a glass-production center.

 

http://www.ceu.hu/news/2012-09-25/ancient-technology

 

27th International Conference on Medievalism at Kent State University

 

http://www.medievalism.net/conferences/ksu2012conference.html

Shipwrecks, Catholic university, and mythology

Shipwreck yields treasures dating from 14th century

Experts have confirmed that relics retrieved from a shipwreck in the central province of Quang Ngai date back to the 14th century, making them among the oldest underwater antiques Vietnam has ever discovered.

More info:

http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Shipwreck-yields-treasures-dating-from-14th-century/20129/142195.vov

Newport’s Medieval Ship could have been Basque

THE origins of the Newport Medieval Ship may have finally been solved – with new research announced yesterday pointing to the north of Spain.

http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/gwentnews/9935347.Newport___s_Medieval_Ship_could_have_been_Basque/?ref=nt

Were Medieval Universities Catholic?

Lessons for higher education today

http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13577

Lofty Depths and Tragic Brilliance: The Interweaving of Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Mythology and Literature in the Arthurian Legends

http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1144&context=masters

Alfonso, wine and medicine, and hunting and fishing

Jewish Collaborators in Alfonso’s Scientific Work
By Norman Roth

To read the article:   http://libro.uca.edu/alfonso10/emperor5.pdf

Wine and Medicine from Hippocrates to the Renaissance
By Christopher Hoolihan

To read the article: http://ia700602.us.archive.org/6/items/caduceushuman911993unse/caduceushuman911993unse.pdf

Medieval Hunting and Fishing Practices and the Court Epics
By William John Slayton

http://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/14664/7023575.PDF?sequence=1

Alfonso, wine and medicine, and hunting and fishing

Jewish Collaborators in Alfonso’s Scientific Work
By Norman Roth

To read the article:   http://libro.uca.edu/alfonso10/emperor5.pdf

Wine and Medicine from Hippocrates to the Renaissance
By Christopher Hoolihan

To read the article: http://ia700602.us.archive.org/6/items/caduceushuman911993unse/caduceushuman911993unse.pdf

Medieval Hunting and Fishing Practices and the Court Epics
By William John Slayton

http://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/14664/7023575.PDF?sequence=1

Medical book, build your own loom and Italian Villas

Rare 500-year-old illustrated medical book shows doctors analysing urine to diagnose illness and brushing lice from a boy's hair

• Encyclopedia of knowledge and folklore on plants, animals and minerals
• Book is on display for the first time at University of Aberdeen as part of the Pharmacopoeia exhibition

More info:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2201221/Rare-500-year-old-illustrated-medical-book-shows-doctors-analysing-urine-diagnose-illness-brushing-lice-boys-hair.html

Build your own scrap wood loom

http://www.instructables.com/id/Scrapwood-Loom/

Decline and fall of the Italian villa: Haunting images of the forgotten palaces which are now spectacular ruins

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181957/Italian-villa-The-palatial-rustic-retreats-Renaissance-lie-abandoned.html#ixzz26BAeZfO2

Mosaics, and Scottish data base of people,

Renaissance mosaics uncovered in Italy

About the Mosaics: http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/discovery/renaissance-mosaics-uncovered-in-italy-1.1376268#.UEfuWlQZyMI

Some nice Photos here:  http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Photos+Mosaics+Siena+cathedral/7187359/story.html

They are on display at the Cathedral until October 24^th.

Data base of Medieval Scotland now on line

8,600 documents. 21,000 people. Scholars at the University of Glasgow have made an extraordinary wealth of historic data about people in Scotland available on the internet.

More info on the data base:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19475461

Link to web site which includes a tutorial and glossary:  http://www.poms.ac.uk/

Interviews with experimental archeologists, specs, and storytelling

Thank you to Stitch in time for this one:

http://journal.exarc.net/issue-2012-3/mm/interview-dr-rosemarie-leineweber

Striding toward Salvation: Medieval and Renaissance Pilgrimage in Europe and the Mediterranean.

During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, pilgrimage provided an important path to spiritual salvation; as such, a whole range of individuals—from peasants to kings, serfs to sultans—undertook these sacred journeys. The destinations of pilgrims varied, from the shrines of local saints to the two great pilgrimage cities of Jerusalem and Mecca, as did their motivations. This conference invites papers exploring Christian, Islamic, or Jewish pilgrimage in Europe and/or the Mediterranean between approximately 300 and 1600 CE. We welcome papers from all disciplines, including art history, history, literature, music, Near Eastern studies, religious studies, and others. Papers may address the theme of pilgrimage in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to:
• Historical accounts of pilgrimage
• Literary accounts of pilgrimage
• Imagery depicting the act of pilgrimage or associated with a specific pilgrimage site
• Shrines, relics, or reliquaries
• The impact of pilgrimage on the politics, economy, or community of a particular city
• Pilgrims’ souvenirs

The conference will be held on the campus of Saginaw Valley State University (located in University Center, Michigan) on February 22-23, 2013. Those interested in presenting a 20-minute paper at the conference should submit a brief CV and a 200-word abstract to Dr. Emily Kelley at edkelley@svsu.edu no later than September 7, 2012.

4th Global Conference: Storytelling (May 2013: Prague, Czech Republic)

full name / name of organization: 

Dr. Rob Fisher/ Inter-Disciplinary.Net

contact email: 

story4@inter-disciplinary.net

4th Global Conference
Storytelling

Tuesday 21st May – Friday 24th May 2013
Prague, Czech Republic

http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/47613

Early printed book contains rare evidence of medieval spectacles

http://www.utexas.edu/opa/blogs/culturalcompass/2012/04/17/medieval-spectacles/

34th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH, USA

Friday and Saturday April 19-20, 2013

“Travel, Contact, Exchange”
For more information visit www.plymouth.edu/medieval