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11th C Fatimid Rock Crystal auction after misidentification
Submitted by samia on Sat, 2008/09/13 - 13:00. 1001 CE to 1100 CE | Glass and Ceramics | Middle EasternA rare Islamic rock crystal ewer is reclassified after being sold as post-industrial French antique for about UK£200. It will auction at Christie's London this October for more than UK£3 million. It is one of eight known extant rock crystal ewers from the period. (picture)
St. Bogdacious Summer Camp video online
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2008/09/13 - 16:05. Gleann Abhann | Video AlbumBailey Rose has posted a video made from her photos taken at the recent St. Bogdacious Summer Camp in the Barony of Axemoor, Slidell, Louisiana, on YouTube.
16th century mechanical doll at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2008/09/13 - 19:18. 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Costuming | European | Exhibits | Fine Arts | Games and GamblingThe Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna website features a 16th century mechanical, wooden doll which "plays the cittern, turns its head and seems to mince along with tiny steps while in fact running on wheels." (photo)
The last of the Cagot people traces her roots
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2008/09/13 - 22:46. 1201 CE to 1300 CE | French | Independent | Legal HistoryNo one seems to remember why the French repressed the Cagot people for nearly one thousand years. Now Marie-Pierre Manet-Beauzac, the last of the bloodline, is attempting to uncover the truth about a persecuted people. Sean Thomas of the Independent has the story.
