Medieval History
- Academic Seeks Origin Of Mysterious Spanish Cloister
Could a poolside folly at a private Mediterranean resort in Spain owned by a reclusive German billionaire actually be a 12th century architectural treasure spirited away from its original home? This is the historical mystery being unraveled by a...
- Who Has A Cloister Around Their Pool?
An exceptional 12th-century cloister has been sitting for half a decade inside the garden of a private home in Girona province without anyone knowing about it, except its owners and a few locals. Gerardo Boto, a professor of medieval art at Girona University,...
- Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts On Display At The Met
Two important medieval Hebrew manuscripts?a Mishneh Torah made between 1300 and 1400 in Germany and an illuminated leaf from a prayer book made in Austria around 1360?are on display in New York City at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters,...
- Cfp ? Session On Sacred Spaces For Aha 2011
CFP ? Session on Sacred Spaces for AHA 2011 We are organizing a session on ?Constructing Sacred Spaces in Pre-Modern Europe? for the American Historical Association meeting in Boston, January 6-9, 2011 and invite abstracts for inclusion on the panel....
- Holy Cross Day Part Ii - The Exaltation Of The Cross
Morley, Derbyshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.I have been reminded that in medieval calendars the Invention of the Holy Cross, the discovery of the True Cross by St Helena, was commemorated in May the 4th. It is only in the modern calendars of...
Medieval History
Cloisters of Europe
In my opinion, the concept of the cloister is one of the best ideas for sacred spaces mankind has come up with yet. We need to keep a cloister alive in our souls, a sacred, quiet green spaces for prayer and contemplation. The following images are my favorite from the book Cloisters of Europe, photographs by Daniel Faure, and text by Véronique Rouchon Mouilleron. Viking Studio, 2001.
Fountain, Valmagne, France. This might be my favorite medieval structure of all.
Cathedral Cloister, Porto, Portugal
Gloucester, England
La Oliva, Spain
Details on Capitals, Santo Domingo de Silos, Spain. What glorious textures!
Vault, Norwich, England
Keystone boss, Norwich, England
- Academic Seeks Origin Of Mysterious Spanish Cloister
Could a poolside folly at a private Mediterranean resort in Spain owned by a reclusive German billionaire actually be a 12th century architectural treasure spirited away from its original home? This is the historical mystery being unraveled by a...
- Who Has A Cloister Around Their Pool?
An exceptional 12th-century cloister has been sitting for half a decade inside the garden of a private home in Girona province without anyone knowing about it, except its owners and a few locals. Gerardo Boto, a professor of medieval art at Girona University,...
- Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts On Display At The Met
Two important medieval Hebrew manuscripts?a Mishneh Torah made between 1300 and 1400 in Germany and an illuminated leaf from a prayer book made in Austria around 1360?are on display in New York City at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters,...
- Cfp ? Session On Sacred Spaces For Aha 2011
CFP ? Session on Sacred Spaces for AHA 2011 We are organizing a session on ?Constructing Sacred Spaces in Pre-Modern Europe? for the American Historical Association meeting in Boston, January 6-9, 2011 and invite abstracts for inclusion on the panel....
- Holy Cross Day Part Ii - The Exaltation Of The Cross
Morley, Derbyshire, originally uploaded by Vitrearum.I have been reminded that in medieval calendars the Invention of the Holy Cross, the discovery of the True Cross by St Helena, was commemorated in May the 4th. It is only in the modern calendars of...