A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...

The Vatican Film Library holds more than 200 full or partial facsimiles of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. A manuscript facsimile is a published, printed photographic reproduction that captures ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars ...

Join us for a special opportunity to see a number of medieval manuscripts temporarily on loan from the Newberry and discuss their interpretations. This event is hosted by the Medieval Research Group ...

Because new parchment was quite expensive, they used old, medieval manuscripts and cut them into strips. This form of "recycling" meant that many medieval manuscripts were lost—fragmented and ...

“The manuscripts and the jewels are both venerating narratives which are of great importance," says Joy BC, on the interplay between her own work and the Medieval artworks. "They also both use ...

Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realizing ... including in the 13th-century manuscript, the Cantigas de Santa Maria. They also match one of the few potential ...