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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Didn't Vasari write in Latin? Or was it Italian? And who, oh who, will speak for Greek!? George the less On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:26:44 -0000, Laura Jacobus wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Laura Jacobus" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious >culture" <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: 30 October 2009 15:31 >Subject: Re: [M-R] battle of the languages in art history scholarship (was >Re: [M-R] Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> >> Um... For the Italians, I'll put a hand up for Pietro Selvatico, whose >> lobbying practically saved the Arena Chapel (Cappella degli Scrovegni) >> from demolition in the 1820s and who published a scholarly monograph on it >> in 1836 which included a plan (something no-one thought to do again until >> the 1960s), drawings of the frescoes, and a prophetic attribution of the >> sculptures there to Giovanni Pisano. >> >> Laura >> ----- Original Message ----- ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html