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Tibetan Arms and Armor at Met
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2008/04/27 - 23:18. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | 1501 CE to 1600 CE | Armouring and Weaponsmithing | Asian | Chinese | Exhibits | MongolianThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City will host Tibetan Arms and Armor from the Permanent Collection through fall 2009 in the Arms and Armor Galleries, 1st floor, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gallery.
Lord Edward Mac Tavish achieves Veneur at Gulf Wars XVII
Submitted by Donwenna on Sun, 2008/04/20 - 21:49. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | European | Hunting and Fishing | SCA GuildsLord Edward MacTavish was recognized as Veneur, the highest level of Hunter in the Hunt Guild Persona Challenge. He challenged each level over the course of several years at Gulf Wars.
David gets a facelift
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2008/04/10 - 23:32. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Fine Arts | ItalianDonatello's David, the 15th century masterpiece housed at Florence's Bargello Museum, has had "work done" in the form of laser treatment to clean off residue, including gold leaf used "on the statue to highlight its wavy hair and clothing."
Plans to exhume Galileo cause controversy
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2008/03/23 - 13:02. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | BBC News | General Science | ItalianPlans to exhume the body of Renaissance scientist Galileo Galilei in order to test his DNA and establish the cause of his blindness have caused problems with the Catholic Church. The Rector of the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, where Galileo is buried, is opposed to the exhumation.
Purloined map returned to Spain
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2008/03/08 - 16:17. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Cartography | SpanishA rare 15th century Ptolemy world view map stolen in 2007 from the National library of Spain has been discovered in a Sydney, Australia art gallery and returned to Spain.
Learn chess with Leonardo
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2008/03/07 - 12:21. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Fine Arts | Games and Gambling | Italian | Scribal ArtsExperts are speculating on whether the illustrations in a newly-discovered manuscript on chess were drawn by Leonardo da Vinci. De ludo scacchorum was discovered last year in a private collection.
Renaissance dance weekend in England
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2008/02/19 - 23:56. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Dance | ItalianRenaissance Footnotes will hold a weekend-long, Italian Renaissance dance workshop November 29-30, 2008 at Hurst Village Hall near Reading, England.
"Forbidden Shoes" in Toronto
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2008/02/17 - 13:51. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Costuming | ItalianOn Tuesday April 1, 2008 from 6:00-7:00 pm, the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Ontario will present Forbidden Shoes: Fear and Footwear in Renaissance Italy, a lecture by Professor Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli of the University of Bologna, Italy.
Columbus may have spread "social disease"
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2008/02/05 - 10:42. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | European | Medicine | New WorldA new study claims that explorer Christopher Columbus may have been responsible for bringing syphilis to Europe. The controversial theory has been debated for years, but the new study of molecular genetics may show whether the theory is true.
Hungary's Year-Long Rennaisance Festival
Submitted by Sabine Berard on Sat, 2008/01/26 - 18:56. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Dance | Italian | Modern Society | Ren Faires | SlavicThe contemporary celebration marks 550 years since the celebrated Hungarian King Matthias brought Italian Renaissance thinkers and artists to Hungary and contributed to the development of humanist ideas in greater Europe.
“People of the Book" filled with "danger, oppression and high drama"
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2008/01/20 - 04:39. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Judaism | Review | Scribal ArtsIn a review for the New York Times, Janet Maslin discusses People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, a novel about book preservation that revolves around the discovery of a medieval Haggadah, an illuminated manuscript which describes the Jewish Passover Seder.
15th century Flemish masterpiece still inspires
Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2008/01/15 - 21:50. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Fine Arts | FlemishThe Portinari Altarpiece, a three-part Flemish religious painting created by Hugo van der Goes in the late 15th century, was sent as a gift to the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova. Martin Gayford looks at the importance of the painting for The Spectator (photo)
Simonetta Cattaneo de Vespucci: Botticelli's super model
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2008/01/10 - 13:17. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Fine Arts | ItalianThe haunting, ethereal beauty of Simonetta Cattaneo de Vespucci graced the paintings of Sandro Botticelli in 15th century Florence. Darla Goodroad tells her fascinating story in an article for the December 2007 Renstore newsletter.
Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex Atlanticus" in jeopardy
Submitted by patsmor on Wed, 2008/01/09 - 13:19. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | General Science | Italian | Scribal Arts | Yahoo! NewsThe Codex Atlanticus, "the largest collection of drawings and writings by the Renaissance master" Leonardo da Vinci, may have suffered extensive damage due to mold.
Was Leonardo da Vinci an Arab?
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2007/12/24 - 14:47. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Fine Arts | Italian | Middle EasternBased on a single fingerprint preserved in one of his paintings, scientists have speculated on the ethnicity of Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci and believe he may have had Arabic heritage.
Research photos from the Kunsthistorisches Museum online
Submitted by Racaire on Wed, 2007/12/19 - 21:36. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | European | Fine Arts | Jewelry/Lapidary | Photo AlbumRacaire shares an album of photos from a recent trip to the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria. The photos include some beautiful images of artwork and jewelry.
What happened to the Greenland colonists?
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2007/12/15 - 16:38. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Archaeology | ScandanavianFor decades, researchers have debated the cause for the disappearance of the Norse colonists in Greenland. Where they massacred? Assimilated? Or did they starve? Now scientists think they have the answer.
Persona Questions
Submitted by Guinevere Maire on Thu, 2007/12/13 - 20:39. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | SCA | Irish | Persona ResearchI am in the process of developing my persona. I have gone so far as to create a bit of background for my persona (Guinevere's parents). I have a couple of questions reguarding Guinevere's mother:
Time period: 1499 A`ine has been educated by a Welsh man, Phelip. Phelip comes to A`ine's rescue. They get married with the blessing of A`ine's Father. A`ine and Phelip move to Wales because of the growing unrest between the Protestant and Cathloic's.
Newport ship closer to being identified
Submitted by Milica on Fri, 2007/12/07 - 22:47. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Nautical | WelshResearchers working on discovering information about the medieval ship found buried in the banks of the River Usk in Wales may be closer to identifying the ship. The 15th century ship is currently being cleaned and restored with money from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Newport City Council.
Musical notes encoded in Da Vinci's Last Supper?
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2007/11/24 - 22:07. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Fine Arts | Italian | Performing ArtsDoes the Last Supper have a soundtrack? Musician and computer technician Giovanni Maria Pala believes it does and that it sounds like a requiem.
FBI Returns Stolen Maps to Spain
Submitted by Sabine Berard on Tue, 2007/11/20 - 18:36. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Cartography | Modern Society | SpanishEarlier this year, a man named Cesar Gomez Rivero from Uruguay allegedly walked into the Biblioteca Nacional de España and swiped a series of maps from a 15th century edition of Geographia (one of four major treatises of Ptolemy, the Greek scholar who lived in Roman Egypt during the second century).
The Nina tours the southern U.S.
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2007/11/14 - 16:39. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Exhibits | Nautical | New World | SpanishThe Nina, "the Most Historically Accurate Replica of a Columbus Ship Ever Built," will be touring the southern United States during November and December 2007. Tours are available.
Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise on display at the Met
Submitted by Karen on Tue, 2007/11/13 - 19:24. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Exhibits | Fine Arts | Italian | Woodworking"The Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti's Renaissance Masterpiece" will be on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through January 13.
Mona Lisa's eyebrows
Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2007/11/11 - 16:29. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Fine Arts | General Science | ItalianA new exhibition, "Mona Lisa Secrets Revealed," uses technology to unlock questions that have plagued art historians for generations, including, "What happened to the lady's eyebrows?"
Historian Finds Oldest Recipe for Bratwurst
Submitted by Tobias Morgan on Tue, 2007/11/06 - 12:41. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Cooking | German | ReutersA hobby historian has discovered the oldest known recipe for bratwurst, dating the German sausage to the fifteenth century.
Bloggers compared to the printing press
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2007/10/17 - 23:17. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Fine Arts | Modern Society | Opinion | Scribal ArtsIn the blog Cabinet of Wonders, Heather McDougal compares the free discussion of bloggers to the dissemination of information after the creation of the printing press.
Scientists looking for Columbus' origins with DNA
Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2007/10/17 - 18:33. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | General Science | Italian | SpanishSpanish scientists are trying to learn more about Christopher Columbus' early years by studying the DNA samples taken from those bearing the explorer's name.
75 medieval graves found in Novgorod
Submitted by Milica on Mon, 2007/10/08 - 22:08. 1101 CE to 1200 CE | 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Archaeology | RussianRussian archaeologists have discovered 75 graves dating from the 15th to 18th centuries C.E. in Veliki Novgorod. The experts hope that more tombs will be found.
Revisionist Joan of Arc angers historians
Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2007/10/06 - 16:18. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Christianity | French | GuardianA new book by French journalist Marcel Gay claims to prove that Joan of Arc was a French royal who did not die on the stake but was rescued by the English.
The physics of medieval archery
Submitted by Milica on Thu, 2007/10/04 - 13:40. 1401 CE to 1500 CE | Archery | European | General ScienceScience meets the martial arts in the Stortford Archery Club's online article The Physics of Medieval Archery. The piece was written by Gareth Rees.
