“In many ways, this volume is more than the sum of its parts. The individual essays will, of course, be of interest to scholars of particular objects and media. As a whole, however, it raises important questions about the value and categorization of ‘art’ that will be of general interest to those working on ‘minor’ arts as well as academics engaged in teaching: many undergraduate courses now introduce students to the ‘history of art history’ and problematize the privileging of ‘fine arts.’ This volume offers many examples that could be adapted for this purpose. There is not a sense here of simply wishing to insert these little-studied or marginalised objects to the canon. . . . Rather, the contributors emphasize something more than a ‘major versus minor’ binary, drawing out the more fluid, permeable, and unstable boundaries between genres and hierarchies. Furthermore, the attention the authors all pay to the role of historiography in the shaping of their material—even where this has been limiting—allows for a critical awareness that permeates their own suggestions for alternative approaches to a diverse range of medieval visual culture.”
—Elizabeth L’Estrange, Journal of Art Historiography