Medieval Tales of Merlin and Arthur, Hidden for Centuries, Return to Light
Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and ...
Medieval music returns to Dunster Castle after 700 years in historic concert
For the first time in 700 years, the sounds of the Luttrell Psalter will echo through Dunster Castle as de Mowbray’s Musicke ...
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High-Tech Imaging Allows Researchers to Read Handwritten Medieval Arthurian Tales Hidden in the Binding of a Property Record
The stories are part of a French sequel to Arthurian legend, and its binding was repurposed in the 16th century ...
Why medieval animal art has gone viral on social media
As a result, animals turned up "in any possible context where art would be made", from wall paintings and carved doorways to clothing and coats of arms. It's no secret that medieval animal paintings ...
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Event to feature music not heard at Somerset castle in 700 years
An evening of medieval music will take place at Dunster Castle ... and viewing a copy of the manuscript. Lydia Rys, collections and house manager, said: "We're excited to host this unique event ...
How Pianist Arsha Kaviani Turns Original Compositions Into Musical Portraits
Pianist and former child prodigy Arsha Kaviani uses his gift in ways that excites crowds and results in one-off creations for ...
Fire could have destroyed the Getty’s irreplaceable art. Should the museum move?
In the wake of the Palisades fire, should Malibu's Getty Villa and the Getty Center in nearby Brentwood evacuate — for good?
There's a reason this celebrated librarian's life was not an open book
The Morgan Library & Museum surveys the astonishing life and career of its founding director, Belle da Costa Greene.
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FEATURE: The Bard’s Birds - In praise of the lark...
In the latest in a series looking at Shakespeare’s references to birds, Steve Sutherland has the lark in his sights.