Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion. But despite their association with the supernatural, ...

Naked women in pools of green liquid, strange looking plants, and text written in an unknown alphabet; they can all be found on the delicate parchment pages of a mysterious manuscript from the 15th ...

Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion. But despite their association with the supernatural, ...

These days, famous lines such as “let them eat cake” have made cultural icons out of historical figures like Marie Antoinette ““ despite the fact that they are historically false. But even back in the ...

When we think of illuminated manuscripts we naturally tend to think of decorated codices, mainly on religious—although occasionally on secular—topics, made in medieval Europe now carefully preserved ...

Sometimes a museum is more than a place to preserve and present great works of art. Sometimes it carries its visitors into another world. The exhibit, Illuminating Faith: The Eucharist in Medieval ...

In some ways, the subject of the Getty Center’s exhibition “Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages” might seem a bit peculiar. Play and pastimes in the world of the Black Death? In towns where sewage ...