here's some nice & sparkly PSU Press news from the ICMA #medievalsky
https://www.medievalart.org/icma-news/brigitte-buettners-the-mineral-and-the-visual-precious-stones-in-medieval-secular-culture-awarded-2023-icma-annual-book-prize-b
https://www.medievalart.org/icma-news/brigitte-buettners-the-mineral-and-the-visual-precious-stones-in-medieval-secular-culture-awarded-2023-icma-annual-book-prize-b
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"Beyond a visual regime that put a premium on brilliant materiality, how can we account for the ubiquity of #gems in #medieval thought?"
In *The #Mineral & the #Visual*, Brigitte Buettner probes the "roles played by gems in aesthetic, ideological, intellectual, & economic practices."
#medievalsky @brigittebuettner.bsky.social @psupress.bsky.social