Medieval History
Frescoes discovered on the walls of an Orthodox Church in Poland have been identified as 15th-century art works, and funds are being raised to restore them.
Art historian Jaroslaw Giemza said Tuesday that recent research on the frescoes at the ancient church in the eastern village of Posada Rybotycka have dated them to that late Middle Age period.
White paint had concealed the frescoes for a long time, and they were first partly uncovered in the 1960s.
Click here to read this article from the Boston Globe
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Medieval History
15th-century frescoes identified in Polish church, money being raised to restore them
Frescoes discovered on the walls of an Orthodox Church in Poland have been identified as 15th-century art works, and funds are being raised to restore them.
Art historian Jaroslaw Giemza said Tuesday that recent research on the frescoes at the ancient church in the eastern village of Posada Rybotycka have dated them to that late Middle Age period.
White paint had concealed the frescoes for a long time, and they were first partly uncovered in the 1960s.
Click here to read this article from the Boston Globe
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Several years ago, in a remote corner of rural Norfolk, a discovery was that is as romantic and resonant as anything in the JL Carr novel A Month in the Country. During repairs to the crumbling church of St Mary's at Houghton-on-the-Hill, a sequence...
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