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fromMedievalists.net
6 days ago

The Menologion of Basil II, with Charlie Kuper - Medievalists.net

Menologion of Basil II pairs brief saint notices with illustrated ordeals arranged by the liturgical calendar, and can be read by matching text to images.
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

All About Love From a Black Medieval Angel

Looking to the Middle Ages for answers to the perennial puzzles of life can seem quaint, even artificial, a long reach across centuries marked by violence, hierarchy, and exclusion. And yet medieval culture offers a way of thinking about love that still speaks to the present. If love is most urgently tested in moments of strain and upheaval, then it is in those moments - where care is stressed or obscured - that its meaning comes most clearly into view.
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