Erik Kwakkel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5842135 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Erik Kwakkel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Erik |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwakkel |
| SIGNATURE | KWAKKEL E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1258-1685 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Guda, a sinful woman
This is a multidisciplinary re-evaluation of the Guda Homiliary, a medieval manuscript copied and illuminated by a scribe who identified herself as ‘a sinful woman’. We combine historical and palaeographical detective work with non-destructive Raman micro-spectroscopy to offer a multidisciplinary reassessment of this important witness to the presence of highly skilled female scribes in medieval Europe. We take a multi-scalar approach, beginning w…
The Pamplona Bibles
In the last decade of the twelfth century, two monumental illustrated bibles were produced in the Kingdom of Navarre, Spain. Named after the city where they originated, they are known as the Pamplona Bibles. Encompassing around a thousand illustrations each, the two bible picture books were commissioned by King Sancho VIII el Fuerte of Navarre: the oldest was completed in 1197 and produced for the king’s use, while a second was finished not long …
The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography
The European Book in the Twelfth Century
The 'long twelfth century' (1075–1225) was an era of seminal importance in the development of the book in medieval Europe and marked a high point in its construction and decoration. This comprehensive study takes the cultural changes that occurred during the 'twelfth-century Renaissance' as its point of departure to provide an overview of manuscript culture encompassing the whole of Western Europe. Written by senior scholars, chapters are divided…
European Book in the Twelfth Century
Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies
Reviewed by: Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies: An Introduction ed. by Alessandro Bausi et al. Erik Kwakkel KEY WORDS Arabic manuscripts, Armenian manuscripts, Coptic manuscripts, Ethiopic manuscripts, Georgian manuscripts, Greek manuscripts, Hebrew manuscripts, Persian manuscripts, Slavonic manuscripts, Syriac manuscripts, Turkish manuscripts, codicology, palaeography, conservation, preservation, material studies, textual criticism, compar…
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Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies
Reviewed by: Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies: An Introduction ed. by Alessandro Bausi et al. Erik Kwakkel KEY WORDS Arabic manuscripts, Armenian manuscripts, Coptic manuscripts, Ethiopic manuscripts, Georgian manuscripts, Greek manuscripts, Hebrew manuscripts, Persian manuscripts, Slavonic manuscripts, Syriac manuscripts, Turkish manuscripts, codicology, palaeography, conservation, preservation, material studies, textual criticism, compar…
The European Book in the Twelfth Century
The 'long twelfth century' (1075–1225) was an era of seminal importance in the development of the book in medieval Europe and marked a high point in its construction and decoration. This comprehensive study takes the cultural changes that occurred during the 'twelfth-century Renaissance' as its point of departure to provide an overview of manuscript culture encompassing the whole of Western Europe. Written by senior scholars, chapters are divided…
European Book in the Twelfth Century
The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography
The Pamplona Bibles
In the last decade of the twelfth century, two monumental illustrated bibles were produced in the Kingdom of Navarre, Spain. Named after the city where they originated, they are known as the Pamplona Bibles. Encompassing around a thousand illustrations each, the two bible picture books were commissioned by King Sancho VIII el Fuerte of Navarre: the oldest was completed in 1197 and produced for the king’s use, while a second was finished not long …
Guda, a sinful woman
This is a multidisciplinary re-evaluation of the Guda Homiliary, a medieval manuscript copied and illuminated by a scribe who identified herself as ‘a sinful woman’. We combine historical and palaeographical detective work with non-destructive Raman micro-spectroscopy to offer a multidisciplinary reassessment of this important witness to the presence of highly skilled female scribes in medieval Europe. We take a multi-scalar approach, beginning w…
Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Classics (3 works) · Medieval Literature and History (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Library science (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 work)