‘It is well known that in this world there are three orders set in unity,’ wrote Aelfric, abbot of Eynsham, Oxfordshire, at the turn of the eleventh century. ‘Laboratores are those who labour for our living; Oratores are those who pray to God for our peace; Ballatores are those who battle to protect our towns and defend our land against invading armies.’ Of these three pillars of medieval feudal society, it is the second, ‘those who pray’ — members of the monastic and religious orders — who have left the greatest artistic and cultural legacy.
26 April - 2 June 2023
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A Border Cartouche from one of the Ardabil Medallion Carpets Central Persia, Probably Qazvin, c. 1539–1540
15D Clifford Street, London W1S 4JZ
17 April - 17 May 2024
The World in your Hands Five Lustre-Painted Bowls from Kashan
A spotlight exhibition focusing on ceramics produced in the workshops of Kashan between c. 1150-1280, this group of five lustre-painted bowls illustrates the technic…
15D Clifford Street, London W1S 4JZ
5 - 25 April 2024
Master Drawings from the Middle Ages
Master Drawings from the Middle Ages brings together a group of vanishingly rare early European drawings all executed in a period spanning the years 1160 to 1520. Th…
Les Enluminures
20 January - 4 February 2023
From fighting to feasting Figural buffware ceramics from tenth century Nishapur
Sam Fogg, London
7 - 16 December 2022
Iconoclasm censorship, destruction and reuse in the European Middle Ages
Sam Fogg, London
3 November - 2 December 2022
