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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
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>> 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.
>>
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>> http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9781905375127-1
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-- 
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

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