Luxuries

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"Today we consider painting, sculpture, and architecture the major arts of the Renaissance. To contemporaries, however, it was more often finely wrought goldwork, embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, and gems that were much more prized. The exquisite craftsma…

Beyond the treasury of San Isidoro : a tale of two projects / Therese Martin -- Caskets of silver and ivory from diverse parts of the world : strategic collecting for an Iberian treasury / Therese Martin -- Narrating the treasury : what medieval Iberian chronicles choose to reco…

"The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Cultural Interchange-expanded beyond the special issue of Medieval Encounters from which it was drawn-centers on the magnificent treasury of San Isidoro de León to address wider questions about the meanings of cross-cultural luxur…