The Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM) of the NOVA School of Social Sciences and
Humanities has the pleasure to announce the creation of the research team IUS
ILLUMINATUM.
IUS ILLUMINATUM is an international scientific team composed of medieval art
historians belonging to different European academic institutions, all specializing in
illuminated legal manuscripts. The formation of this research group is linked to the
current research project “ManJurEurIt. Manuscritos Jurídicos Europeus Itinerantes” of
Maria Alessandra Bilotta, researcher in the NOVA School of Social Sciences and
Humanities of Lisbon and member of the Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM) at the
same University, who is the coordinator and principal investigator of the team. The
project “ManJurEurIt. Manuscritos Jurídicos Europeus Itinerantes” aims to investigate
the circulation of legal manuscripts in Portugal and their connections to artistic and
social mobility in Mediterranean Europe. The research team intends to carry on a
comparative study of the artistic, cultural and social currents revealed by the
production and the circulation of illuminated legal manuscripts in medieval Europe.
Each of the team members proposes to investigate these phenomena through the study
of specific types of legal manuscripts, within a definite region of Europe. The team
will be considering also the material aspects of the medieval legal book, with the
collaboration of codicologists and archaeologists, analysing such books as
archaeological artifacts. Finally, another purpose of the team’s work is to help promote
and amplify the discussion of our issues by organizing scientific meetings and
establishing contacts and interdisciplinary collaborations with other research groups
and scientific institutions. IUS ILLUMINATUM has its headquarters at the Institute
for Medieval Studies (IEM) in the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities
of Lisbon, while the members retain their own academic affiliations.
Principal Investigator (PI) and Coordinator: Maria Alessandra Bilotta
Honorary Members: Susan l’Engle, Robert Gibbs, Gaspar Coll
Team Members: Maria Alessandra Bilotta (IR), Arkadiusz Adamczuk, Frédérique
Cahu, Maria Teresa Chicote Pompanin, Gianluca Del Monaco, Ángel Fuentes Ortiz,
Marta Guagnozzi, Andrea Improta, Jorge Jiménez López, Jorge Prádanos Fernández.
Associated researchers: André Vitoria