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Publications & Programs

The Index runs an active program of conferences, publications, and visiting scholars. Over the last ten years a number of major conferences have been organized by the archive, and the proceedings of some of these have been published.

The following publications are available from the Index:

New Publication
Interactions
Artistic Interchange Between the Eastern and Western Worlds in the Medieval Period
Edited by Colum Hourihane

August 2007, 352 pages | 218 illustrations

Available from Penn State Press and the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University
Cloth: $85.00 sh | ISBN 978-0-9768202-4-6
Paper: $35.00 sh | ISBN 978-0-9768202-5-3
The contributors are Susan H. Auth, Elizabeth S. Bolman, Erica Cruikshank Dodd, Anthony Cutler, Jaroslav Folda, Marilyn E. Heldman, Lucy-Anne Hunt, Mat Immerzeel, Adeline Jeudy, Catherine Jolivet-Lévy, Irma Karaulashvili, Hugo Meyer, Mati Meyer, William North, Michele Piccirillo, and Alexander Saminsky. The proceedings of a conference, held April, 2005 at Princeton University.
Time in the Medieval World
Occupations of the Months and Signs of the Zodiac in the Index of Christian Art
Edited by Colum Hourihane

February 2007, 328 pages | 656 illustrations

Available from Penn State Press and the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University
Hardback: $85.00 sh | 978-0-9768202-2-2
Paperback: $35.00 sh | 978-0-9768202-3-9
Between the Picture and the Word: Manuscript Studies from the Index of Christian Art, in Honor of John Plummmer. Ed. Colum Hourihane/ Index of Christian Art, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, in association with Penn State University Press. Cloth: $75.00
Paper: $35.00
The contributors: Adelaide Bennett, Alison L. Beringer, Anne-Marie Bouché, Libby Karlinger Escobedo, Judith K.Golden, Gerald B. Guest, Laura Hollengreen, Katrin Kogman-Appel, Jane Rosenthal, Lucy Freeman Sandler, Marianna Shreve Simpson, Judith Steinhoff, Patricia Stirnemann, Alison Stones, and William Voelkle.
The proceedings of a conference, held October, 2004 at Princeton University.
Meditations on the Life of Christ: An Illustrated Manuscript of the Fourteenth Century. Paris, Bibliotheque National, MS. Ital 115 $50.00
The Ruthwell Cross: Papers from the Colloquium Sponsored by the Index of Christian Art, Princeton, 8 December 1989 $19.95

The above publication prices do not include postage and packing and can be ordered from:

Robin Dunham
Phone(609)258-3773
Fax(609)258-0103
rdunham@princeton.edu

Irish Art Historical Studies in Honour of Peter Harbison; Index of Christian Art Occasional Papers VII. Edited by Colum P. Hourihane, Four Courts Press, Dublin, Ireland. Cloth: $60.00
Hardcover: $55.00
Contributors to this book: Alan Borg, John Bradley, Mary Cahill, Aideen Ireland, Raghnall O Floinn, Otto-Herman Frey, Heather King, Paul Mullarkey, Griffin Murray, Lawrence Nees, Michael Ryan, Roger Stalley, Patrick Wallace, Niamh Whitfield, Margaret McEnchroe Williams.
Irish Art Historical Studies is available from Four Courts Press.
Image and Belief: Studies in Celebration of the Eightieth Anniversary of the Index of Christian Art. Ed. Colum Hourihane. Occasional Papers of the Index of Christian Art III. Princeton University Press, 1999. Cloth: $60.00
Paper: $29.95
The contributors to the above publication are Adelaide Bennett, Hans Brandhorst, James D'Emilio, Gerda Duijfjes-Vellekoop, John Fleming, Jaroslav Folda, Giovanni Freni, Cynthia Hahn, Debra Hassig, Avril Henry, Lutz Heusinger, Andreas Petzold, Helene E. Roberts, Alison Stones, Carol Togneri, Jorgen van den Berg, Peter van Huisstede, and Dorothy Hoogland Verkerk.
The proceedings of a conference, held in 1997 in celebration of the eightieth anniversary of the foundation of the archive, is also available. This volume covers proceedings from the two days of the conference, which was devoted to iconography and subject classification. It brings together contributions from some of the most eminent scholars in these fields, as well as a series of essays specially written in celebration of this event.
Virtue and Vice: The Personifications in the Index of Christian Art. Ed. Colum Hourihane. Resources Vol. I Princeton University Press, 2000. Cloth: $70.00
Paper: $35.00
The first hard copy publications from the Index files is also available and covers the personifications of virtue and vice in the archive. Over two hundred personifications from abstinence to wisdom and ambition to wrath are detailed in over one thousand works of art. Accompanying this extract are six essays in this subject by scholars such as Georgia Nugent, Ron Baxter, Ane-Marie Bouche, Achim Timmerman and Colum Hourihane
From Ireland Coming: Irish Art from the Early Christian to the late Gothic period and in European context. Ed. Colum Hourihane. Occasional Papers of the Index of Christian Art IV. Princeton University Press, 2001. Cloth: $69.50
Paper: $35.00
King David in the Index of Christian Art.Ed. Colum Hourihane. Resources Vol. II Princeton University Press, 2002. Cloth: $70.00
Paper: $35.00
Insights and Interpretations: Studies in Celebration of the Eighty-fifth Anniversary of the Index of Christian Art. Ed. Colum Hourihane. Princeton University Press, 2002. Cloth: $60.00
Paper: $29.95
Objects, Images, and the Word: Art in the Service of the Liturgy. Edited by Colum P. Hourihane. Princeton University Press, 2003. In honor of Michael Curschmann, Professor, Princeton University, 1963-2002. Chair, Committee on the Princeton Index of Christian Art, 1982-1988 and 2000-2002. Contributors to this book: John Lowden, Adelaide Bennett, Elizabeth C. Teviotdale, Michael Curschmann, Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens, Julian Gardner, Elaine C. Block, Peter Lasko, Lisa Victoria Ciresi, Carol Neuman de Vegvar, William J. Diebold, Alycce A. Jordan, Beth Williamson. Cloth: $67.50
Paper: $37.95

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Visiting Scholars

The Index of Christian Art welcomes requests from visiting scholars who are interested in non-stipendary posts for short periods of time to undertake iconographical research. We operate an active program whereby limited facilities are available to successful candidates for study purposes. Inquiries should be made to the director of the Index.