A study provides new insights into the many overlooked women scribes who wrote manuscripts in the Middle Ages.

In 1819 the Society for the Culture and Science of the Jews was organized in Berlin, whose president from 1821-1824 was the lawyer Dr. Eduard Gans. The Society published the journal Zeitschrift für ...

The film discusses the art of the Middle Ages, emphasizing its role in expressing the mystical faith of the time. It ...

They don't look like babies. Instead, they resemble miniature versions of middle-aged men, sometimes complete with receding hairlines and ripped muscles. Depictions of weird, prematurely aged babies ...

The medieval Mongol archive, dating from the 13th century, had a profound influence on French maps and exploration.

Military armor and weapons of a Saracen, an Arab or Muslim nomad of the Syrian and Arabian desert. Illustration published 1882. Copyright expired; artwork is in ...

Translated, this means, “Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I have come ... Some commenters noted how the manuscript-style illustration aligned with Tolkien’s own love for medieval literatur ...

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