The medieval world was ROUND, smaller than in actuality, and largely comprised of a contiguous land mass. It was not FLAT. Please excuse my pedantic capital letters, but this week my graduate seminar is examining Columbus historiography, which raises the ongoing issue (not topic) of the so-called “Flat Earth Myth”, the continuing false belief that …
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Several cases contain maps that represent the world as medieval Europeans saw it, and usually they are signified as a diagram of a T inscribed within an O.
When tasked with finding a suitable name for a c13th English illuminated psalter containing, amongst other things, a beautiful miniature world map, the…
The word 'plague', in defining a lethal epidemic, was coined by the physician Galen (l. 130-210 CE) who lived through the Antonine Plague (165 - c. 180/190 CE...
I love the bright colors on this manuscript! Ethiopian, about 1504–1505 Tempera on parchment MS. 102, FOL. 21V -- The Getty
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Think about the Ice Age and your mind may conjure up images of mammoths and glaciers covering Northern Europe. But we've not long come out of one.
A collection of Medieval bestiary books go on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
NEW YORK, NY .- Luhring Augustine and Sam Fogg announce Treasures of the Medieval World, the fourth in a series of highly-praised collaborative exhibitions showcasing medieval masterpieces in a contemporary context. Following the success of the first...
This November, Medievalists.net is pleased to feature Sharon Connolly's book tour for Heroines of the Medieval World. The book shares the stories of women, famous, infamous, and unknown, who shaped the course of medieval history.
Astronomical clocks are over 1,000 years old — some say the first was the mysterious Antikythera Mechanism. They predict the movements of the stars, sun,
Throughout history, the air we breathe has been linked to our health, and anxiety has always been real.
Blog post on an exhibition and catalogue that explore this unique medieval book and its enduring influence.
with Karen Pinto hosted by Nir Shafir In the latest addition to our series on history of science, Nir Shafir talks to Karen Pinto ...
Medieval Europeans had a worldview much more literal than ours. They saw the universe as more integrated than our own. This connectedness included the four humors and the physical world around us.
