Music, Silence, and the Senses in a Late Fifteenth Century Book of Hours

Although it is common in the musicological literature to compare decorated music books with books of hours, studies addressing the musical features of books of hours are rare. This article considers musical features in the decoration of a book of hours made by leading illuminators in Ferrara ca. 1469. Images appearing in books of hours are considered to have had an exemplary and meditative function in relation to devotional practice; therefore, this study asks what the reader was intended to learn from musical images, drawing conclusions about the alignment of the senses and the significance of music in fifteenth-century religious experience

I significati simbolici del leone nell'arte

Questa tesi vuole analizzare i diversi significati simbolici della figura del leone nei secoli, partendo dall'antico Egitto e dalla Grecia, passando poi attraverso il Medioevo per giungere all'epoca moderna ed infine a quella contemporanea, riportando anche i particolari casi degli ibridi leonini. E' stata analizzata anche l'evoluzione dell'immagine leonina e l'accezione che questo animale prende in ambiti particolari quali la fisiognomica, l'alchimia e l'astrologia. Infine sono state analizzate alcune opere significative in cui compare la figura leonina in uno dei suoi principali significati

Archaeology on Furlough: Rapid Review of Digital Tablets for Use in Archaeological Fieldwork

Over the last twenty years, digital technology has made great inroads into archaeological work in the UK. The last major part of archaeology which remains largely paper-based is fieldwork. This project reviewed 35 digital tablets which might be suitable for recording archaeological data in the field. This report is a non-technical review. It makes no recommendations about tablets suitable for use in UK archaeology. Rather, it outlines factors archaeological units need to consider when adopting tablets, along with the information systems they need to work in, if tablets are to be effective and efficient tools. Attached to the report is a spreadsheet with details of the 35 tablets reviewed by the project team

The Museum of Renaissance Music: A History in 100 Exhibits

This book collates 100 exhibits with accompanying essays as an imaginary museum dedicated to the musical cultures of Renaissance Europe, at home and in its global horizons. It is a history through artefacts—materials, tools, instruments, art objects, images, texts, and spaces—and their witness to the priorities and activities of people in the past as they addressed their world through music. The result is a history by collage, revealing overlapping musical practices and meanings—not only those of the elite, but reflecting the everyday cacophony of a diverse culture and its musics. Through the lens of its exhibits, this museum surveys music’s central role in culture and lived experience in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, offering interest and insights well beyond the strictly musicological field