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Philip Kosloski

In images: Get to know the Fourteen Holy Helpers

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Daniel Esparza

Understanding icons: What do Jesus’ hand gestures mean?

SEAN SCULLY

Miriam Diez Bosch

Where 12th-century graffiti meets contemporary abstract art

ILLUMINATED,MANUSCRIPT

J-P Mauro

Ever wonder how medieval monks made illuminated manuscripts?

EASTER RABBIT

Zelda Caldwell

Were rabbits really domesticated by monks to eat during Lent?

CHATEAU DE LA MOTHE CHANDENIERS

Zelda Caldwell

8,900 People are now co-owners of a crumbling castle in France

Sting the musician

J-P Mauro

Sting plays a 15th-century Christmas carol on a lute

LIFE SIZE MEDIEVAL TREBUCHET

Zelda Caldwell

WATCH: College student builds life-size medieval trebuchet that really works

CODEX AMIATINUS,BOOK OF KELLS

Daniel Esparza

These might be the two most valuable manuscripts in the West

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Daniel Esparza

Learning moral lessons from animals: The Aberdeen Bestiary

MEDIEVAL NUNS

Zelda Caldwell

Medieval nuns recycled before recycling was cool

EARLY MIDDLE AGES TAPESTRY

Daniel Esparza

Yale University offers free online course on the Early Middle Ages

UNICORN TAPESTRY

Daniel Esparza

The unsolved mystery of the Unicorn tapestries

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Daniel Esparza

Belfast’s own version of the Bayeux Tapestry: the Game of Thrones Embroidered Cloth

MEDIEVAL CASTLE

Zelda Caldwell

Medieval castles come alive in interactive map of England

KNIGHT WITH MUG OF BEER

Daniel Esparza

Medieval fashion trends you might try this summer

SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI

Daniel Esparza

The Legend of St. Francis: The work of Giotto or Cimabue?

SAN JUAN DE GAZTELUGATXE

Daniel Esparza

This hermitage in northern Spain was an old Templar enclave

MIDDLE AGES DANCE PARTY

Zelda Caldwell

How peasants in the Middle Ages had more vacation time than we do

SANTA MARIA ANTIQUA

Daniel Esparza

The “Sistine Chapel of the Middle Ages” was buried for around 1200 years

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