50 Ways to See the Middle Ages

Our tireless staff of thousands is often asked to review all sorts of books, and from time to time one or another seems worth noting. This one, for example, by Elina Gertsman and Barbara H. Rosenwein. Since the staff knows much too little about the Middle Ages — and even less about the 50 objects that the authors have chosen to explore from the European, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds of the Middle Ages — it makes no sense to even attempt a review. Instead, to acknowledge that their lavishly illustrated work caught our eye, here is a notice posted at Le site du Réseau des médiévistes belges de langue française. What we can do is offer a look at a few of the objects. The images of these four may be clicked to enlarge them. Although they don’t show the relative size of the pieces, the captions indicate their actual dimensions.

Miniature from a Mariegola
The Flagellation, 1359-1360, Venice
workshop of Lorenzo Veneziano, tempera and gold on parchment;
sheet 29.5×21 cm (11-9/16×8-1/4 in)

The Madonna of Humility with the Temptation of Eve, c. 1400, Italy
tempera and gold on wood panel; framed
191.50x99x11 cm (75-3/8×38-15/16×4-5/16 in)

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