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Barker, Jessica and Krčma, Ed 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1945-5107
(2026)
Living by the Rule: Contemporary Meets Medieval.
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Abstract
Living by the Rule: Contemporary meets Medieval reflects on the ‘rules’ that we live by today. Exploring the idea of routine and regulation, the exhibition vividly presents the richness and complexity of the dialogue between medieval experiments in a different way to live, and modern reflections upon how life is (and might yet be) organised. Taking as its starting point the Rule of St Benedict, a deeply influential guide for communal living written in the 6th century, the exhibition brings together extraordinary objects from medieval monastic contexts with a fascinating selection of contemporary artworks. Medieval loans include the Hatton Codex, the earliest copy of the Rule of St Benedict in the world (c.700 AD); the Etheldreda Panels, one of only a handful of English medieval paintings to have survived the Reformation; and the Gorleston, Ormesby and Macclesfield psalters, some of the most important illuminated manuscripts of the 14th century. These are put in dialogue with important works by a range of international contemporary artists. The exhibition is curated by Dr Jessica Barker FSA, Senior Lecturer in Medieval Art History at The Courtauld and Dr Ed Krčma, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of East Anglia.
| Item Type: | Show/Exhibition |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of History |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Legible / Visible Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Art History and World Art Studies |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Sep 2026 15:47 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Sep 2026 15:47 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/104684 |
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