medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Thanks John. I've got the hard-copy, and some of the images in it do indeed fit the bill, but I'm looking for more to test out a theory. all best Laura On 12 January 2014 22:46, John Shinners <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Hi Laura, > > Try *Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture* from the Met Museum's > exhibition of the same name of 2006. The 240-page book, loaded with > images, is available for free pdf download at the Met site: > > > http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications/Set_in_Stone_The_Face_in_Medieval_Sculpture > > John > > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Laura Jacobus <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >> With apologies for cross posting. I am looking for medium-to-large >> images of the faces of pre-1300 sculpted portraits, taken in *pure >> frontal view. *I'm finding them surprisingly hard to find, so if you do >> happen to know of any I'd be grateful. >> >> Many thanks >> >> Laura >> -- >> Dr. Laura Jacobus >> Senior Lecturer in History of Art >> Birkbeck College, University of London >> >> I will be giving a seminar paper entitled *The Truth, The Half-Truth, >> and Something Like the Truth: verisimilitude and **early renaissance >> facsimile portraiture, *at the Warburg Institute, London, on 17th >> February. >> >> For details of my book on Giotto and the Arena Chapel see >> http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9781905375127-1 >> ********************************************************************** >> To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion >> > > > > -- > John Shinners > Professor, Schlesinger Chair in Humanistic Studies > Saint Mary's College > Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 > Phone: 574-284-4494 or 574-284-4534 > Fax: 284-4855 > www.saintmarys.edu/~hust > > "Learn everything. Later you will see that nothing is superfluous." -- > Hugh of St. Victor (d. 1141) > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: > unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion > -- Dr. Laura Jacobus Senior Lecturer in History of Art Birkbeck College, University of London I will be giving a seminar paper entitled *The Truth, The Half-Truth, and Something Like the Truth: verisimilitude and **early renaissance facsimile portraiture, *at the Warburg Institute, London, on 17th February. For details of my book on Giotto and the Arena Chapel see http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9781905375127-1 ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion