Editorial archive

Object-led routes through the archive.

Each article starts with a search, then tightens into a small set of records whose media, dates, and source links can carry a larger historical question.

Study for the altarpiece of Saint Rosalie among the Plague-Stricken

Places | 12 artifacts

Italian Painting Between Panel, Plague, And Canal

Twelve records trace devotional panels, plague imagery, and Venetian views through the surfaces that carried them into churches, cabinets, and collections.

Sei Shōnagon, from the series Great Women No. 3 (Daijo sanban)

Mediums | 12 artifacts

Japanese Prints And The Rooms Paper Could Hold

Twelve nineteenth-century prints show paper carrying theater, poetry, seasonal exchange, women's work, and literary memory through color, embossing, and series logic.

Water Vessel with Masklike Lid (Mulondo)

Mediums | 12 artifacts

Ceramic Vessels As Stored Action

Twelve containers move from water, beer, medicine, and ritual to museum shelves where form still carries instructions for handling.

Botanical and Meteorological Sketches from the Río Magdalena, Colombia

Subjects | 12 artifacts

Botanical Studies As Field Notes

Twelve sketches from Colombia, the Rio Magdalena, Jamaica, and a later ornament notebook show plant drawing as travel record, memory aid, and archive object.