Index of Christian Art Given to UVic Libraries

In a surprise announcement after his recent Lansdowne lecture Colum Hourihane, Director of the Index of Christian Art, announced he was giving the University of Victoria Libraries a subscription to this valuable resource. The gift was given in recognition of Dr. Erica Dodd’s scholarly contributions to the Index. Dr. Dodd is Adjunct Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture in the History in Art Department.

The Index of Christian Art, housed at Princeton University, contains records for thousands of medieval works of art dating from the early apostolic times to A.D. 1400. Each record provides information on style, location, subjects, and bibliographic data. The Index also includes over 100,000 digitized images from collections such as
Dumbaron Oaks, the Morgan Library, and the Courtauld Institute of Art. As part of a collaborative project with the Morgan Library, the Index is cataloging the entire collection of western manuscripts and making the text and image records available.

Before coming to teach in the History in Art Department at the University of Victoria, Dr. Dodd taught at the American University of Beirut. She has traveled and written extensively about the art and architecture in the Middle East. Her interests include Byzantine silver, Arabic inscriptions, and medieval frescoes. References to many of her publications are included in the Bibliography section of the Index.

To explore the database and see some of the extraordinary images, The Index of Christian Art is located under “Databases” on the University of Victoria Libraries Gateway.

New WRAP Team Member

Kathryn Paul and Adrian Fletcher, co-leaders of WRAP (Web Redesign & Portal Project), are pleased to announce that Rebecca Raworth has joined the WRAP team, to replace Kristin Hoffman.

Rebecca was an active member of the Fraser Health Authority's Web Committee, has taken credit web design courses at BCIT, and has extensive experience in editing. We look forward to working with Rebecca's creative ideas, enthusiasm, and expertise in editing.

Kathryn Paul
Information Services and Web Redesign Librarian
University of Victoria Libraries