Civilizations before the advent of specialized academic knowledge and modern public museums often presented their accumulated learning through copious collections that amassed singular meaningful specimens in a display that mirrored in microcosm the complex reality of the universe.
CLA's collaborative explorations of the premodern era are so impressive that the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced a grant of more than $600,000 to create the initial structures for a newly integrated Consortium for the Study of the Premodern World (CSPW) at the University of Minnesota.
The Center for Medieval Studies presents, as part of the James Ford Bell Library Festivals Program: “Picturing the Venetian State: Celebrations of Dogaressa Morosini and Doge Grimani”...
