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An Introduction to the Art of Medieval Reliquaries
the relics were believed to be body parts of a saint, truly powerful objects in the eyes of many medieval Christians, if somewhat grotesque for many modern viewers. Within medieval European Christian ...
Rediscovered fresco reveals Islamic tents in medieval Christian churches
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...
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Reliquary with Rock-Crystal Vessel
Reliquaries—containers constructed to hold relics, typically the bones of saints or reverential objects connected ... even magnifying it at times. The range of medieval Christian associations with ...
St. Thomas Aquinas’ skull just went on tour − here’s what the medieval saint himself ...
Once, on a road trip in Greece, I stopped with my husband and dad at a centuries-old Orthodox monastery to view its famous ...
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Altar Tent Links Islamic Art to Medieval Christianity
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars ...
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St. Thomas Aquinas’ skull just went on tour − here’s what the medieval saint himself ...
Thomas Aquinas – the great Dominican medieval thinker whose writings ... “Summa Theologiae,” his best-known work. Christians should venerate relics, Aquinas says, because the saints ...
Archaeologist finds 'extraordinarily' rare medieval artefact while hunting for WW2 relics
An amateur metal detectorist hoping to find some World War 2 treasures got more than he bargained for after unearthing a rare ...