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Medieval

JESUS AND THE GADARENE DEMONIAC,MIRACLE OF THE SWINE

Daniel Esparza

Exorcisms in medieval art: The devil’s in the details

DEATH AND ASCENSION OF ST. FRANCIS

Daniel Esparza

Why is there a devil hiding in a cloud in this medieval fresco?

MEDIEVAL WINTER

J-P Mauro

Millennial man survives a medieval winter as a hermit

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Daniel Esparza

A new interactive, illustrated digital companion to Dante’s Inferno is now available online

France, Aisne, Saint Quentin, labyrinth of Saint Quentin Basilica

Daniel Esparza

Why are there labyrinths in some cathedrals?

Daniel Esparza

Why didn’t medieval artists sign their work?

NATIVITY PAINTING

Daniel Esparza

Who were the Magi, really?

CHRISTMAS CAROLERS

Stephen Beale

5 Medieval Christmas traditions you haven’t heard of

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Zelda Caldwell

How was stained glass made in the Middle Ages?

MIDDLE AGED,PSALMS,TINY

Zelda Caldwell

This incredibly tiny book from the Middle Ages will amaze you

MONKS EATING,TABLE

Zelda Caldwell

The surprisingly sophisticated diet of a medieval monk

MAPPA MUNDI MAP

J-P Mauro

This medieval map melds Greek myths with biblical passages

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Daniel Esparza

Astronauts, gremlins, ice cream cones: These are not the gargoyles you were expecting

PHASE OF THE MOON

J-P Mauro

When 12th-century monks saw the moon split in two

ST CATHERINE OF THE LILY

Charles Zola

Remembering a forgotten Renaissance Dominican artist

SALOME

V. M. Traverso

Art and the Gospels: Who was St. Salome?

NIEUDANA RENOWACJA

V. M. Traverso

Sixteenth-century sculpture of St. George ruined by another well-intentioned “restoration”

DA VINCI

Maria Paola Daud

This painting is Leonardo’s first work, expert affirms. But not everyone agrees

13TH CENTURY COCKATOO

J-P Mauro

A drawing of a cockatoo in a 13th-century Vatican manuscript reveals unknown trade routes

WOMAN SMILING

Gelsomino Del Guercio

9 Natural remedies for melancholy and anger from a 9th century German nun

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