Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the protagonists of intriguing stories symbolizing human virtues and faults.
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Laura Loomer stated the following in a tweet: “Can we normalize putting white people back in TV commercials? If you don’t have white people in your commercial, I am not buying your product. I am tired ...
A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.
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A new study reveals that modern ideas about the Black Death’s rapid spread across Asia stem from a centuries-old ...
A remarkable manuscript bound in furry seal skin has emerged as potentially Norway's oldest surviving book, offering unprecedented insights into medieval Christian life in Scandinavia. The eight-page ...
The show features more than 50 paintings, manuscripts, textiles and other artworks created in Western Europe between the 13th and 15th centuries ...
When you hear it said that “Modern steel is disposable by design”, your ears perk up, as you just caught the unmistakable ...