Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Tuesday, 26 November 2024

Another review of the ‘Silk Roads’ Exhibition


Recently I linked to an online account of the current British Museum exhibition ‘Silk Roads’
and the way in which it illustrates the diffusion of cultural forms in the centuries between the end of the Western Roman Empire and the turn of the millennium in 1000. 

I have now happened upon the review of the exhibition in the art magazine Apollo which makes some similar observations. It also indicates the abundance and richness of the items on display at the British Museum until next February. This definitely looks to be an exhibition to see if one has the opportunity.

The review article can be seen at The art of crossing continents

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