HOW to replace ruined medieval stained-glass windows has over the centuries steadily troubled French civil and ecclesiastical authorities. Time and wars have taken a cruel toll. The great tapestries ...
A church is hoping to preserve an important medieval painting uncovered on a wall. The Doom or Last Judgement painting - a medieval church wall depiction of when Christ judges all souls going to ...
A 13 th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...
Scholes Library is hosting an exhibition of brass rubbings – images captured on paper from brass monuments laid in the floors of medieval churches. The collection has been curated by Alfred University ...
Gothic cathedrals, castles, and medieval churches across Europe are often adorned with strange, fantastical statues that seem to watch over centuries; these are Gargoyles. Far from being mere ...
A German painting of the Danse Macabre from the 18th century. Nine women of different social rank from empress to fool dance with the dead. The entire economy of salvation is depicted, from the Fall, ...