Wednesday, June 16, 2010

New Books

David Abulafia and Massimo Naro, Il Duomo di Monreale: Lo splendore dei mosaici. Itacalibri (Libreria Editrice Vaticana), 2009.
Alberta Campitelli, Gli Horti dei papi: I giardini vaticani dal Medioevo al Novecento. Jaca Book (Musei Vaticani), 2009.
Vincenzo Vaccaro, ed., La Chiesa di San Marco a Firenze: Una lunga stagione di restauri. Polistampa, 2009.
Ann Marie Yasin, Saints and Church Architecture in the Late Antique Mediterranean: Architecture, Cult, and Community. Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Canterbury's Westgate Tower Museum to Remain Open

Businessman Charles Lambie has donated a quarter of a million pounds to the site, and has leased Westgate Tower from the city. Lambie hopes to increase the number of visitors to the medieval city gate by improving access and updating the facilities.
BBC link