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In Search of “Temps perdu pour Colombe” 搜索“鸽子失去的时间”

IF 0.4 1区艺术学

GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/715117

N. Herman

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Compounding Greekness: St. Katherine “the Egyptian” and the Sta. Croce Micromosaic 混合希腊:圣凯瑟琳“埃及人”和斯塔。Croce Micromosaic

IF 0.4 1区艺术学

GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/715503

J. Lansdowne

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The Iberian Hebrew Bible: Rabbinic Writings and Ornamental Carpet Pages 伊比利亚-希伯来文圣经：拉比著作和装饰地毯页

IF 0.4 1区艺术学

GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/715058

Julie A. Harris

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Puppets, Manuscripts, and Gendered Reading in the Hortus deliciarum 木偶剧、手稿与《美味树》中的性别阅读

IF 0.4 1区艺术学

GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/715454

A. Sand

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Riders on the Throne: Animal Agency in Benedetto Antelami’s Parma Cathedra 《王座上的骑士》：动物经纪公司在Benedetto Antelami的Parma Cathedra

IF 0.4 1区艺术学

GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1086/715156

Sabine Sommerer

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Space, Image, Light: Toward an Understanding of Moldavian Architecture in the Fifteenth Century 空间、图像、光：解读十五世纪的摩尔达维亚建筑

IF 0.4 1区艺术学

GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1086/712643

A. Sullivan, Gabriel-Dinu Herea, Vladimir Ivanovici

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Into the Desert: Demons, Spiritual Focus, and the Eremitic Ideal in Morgan MS M.626 《走进沙漠》：Morgan M.626中的魔鬼、精神焦点和狂热理想

IF 0.4 1区艺术学

GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1086/712634

Denva Gallant

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Holy, Holy, Holy: Hearing the Voices of Angels 神圣，神圣，神圣：聆听天使的声音

IF 0.4 1区艺术学

GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1086/712644

Sharon E. J. Gerstel, C. Kyriakakis, S. Antonopoulos, K. Raptis, James Donahue

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The King in the Manuscript: The Presentation Inscription of the Vienna Latin Bible moralisée 手稿中的国王:《维也纳拉丁圣经》的呈现题词

IF 0.4 1区艺术学

GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1086/712635

K. Tachau

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(Re)Birth of a Seal: Power and Pretense at San Nicola, Bari, ca. 1300 (再)印章的诞生:权力和伪装在圣尼古拉，巴里，约1300年

IF 0.4 1区艺术学

GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.1086/712645

Jill Caskey

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