The purpose of this article is to investigate the mental and spiritual process of interiorization of the Passion imagery, the mechanism that permitted the transition from a material representation, experienced with the senses, to a mental image, impressed into the memory, then evoked and relived in a purely spiritual form.

The third seminar of the cycle “SenSArt Seminars on Medieval Art, Religion and Culture” will feature specialists’ presentations on the medieval altar and its environment, approaching the subject both from a broad perspective that draws a comparative analysis of different European regions, to a more focused case-study from the Crown of Castile.

The hydraulic and musical fountain in the Cleveland Museum of Art offers a perfect opportunity for theoretical reflection and practical experimentation in multisensory art history. It is a unique device of gilt and enamelled silver made in Paris ca. 1320.

This paper examines ideas of image reception in the theological treatise ‘De altera uita’, written by the Iberian bishop Lucas de Tui in ca. 1230. This analysis of the book reflects on the importance of sight within the religious experience of late-medieval Europe.