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we meant to exclude from the history of visual representations any that
enter into and begin to act too intimately with life itself? When the Irish monks were copying manuscripts, they frequently put a poem or commentary, complaint or observation in the margin. Reading these, one can almost see the monk look up, see the blackbird or the sun glinting and write the moment onto the edge of the page. In this spirit, Medieval Art In the Margins provides an opportunity to record a moment of involvement with a work of art, a lived moment that intersects with the work and illuminates it. This space will provide the opportunity to write about the seductions of medieval art - personal stories that go beyond emotional moments in front of a work and ask: What happened? What took place between that work and me? And does that moment tell me something about that work that might not be found in textbooks? MEDIEVAL
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