Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries
Edited by Jeffrey F. Hamburger and Susan Marti
May, 2008
Cloth, 344 pages, 73 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-13980-9
$40.00
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Jeffrey F. Hamburger is the Kuno Franke Professor of German Art and Culture in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University. A scholar of medieval monasticism, mysticism, and manuscript illumination, he is a fellow of the Medieval Academy, and his books have received numerous awards, including the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, the Morey Prize of the College of Art Association, and the Roland Bainton Prize in Art and Music.
Susan Marti is a scholar of the art of female monasticism and manuscript illumination and a curator for exhibitions on the Middle Ages. She has published research on medieval art in German-speaking countries and has collaborated on several important exhibitions in Germany, Switzerland, and France.
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