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The Golden Epistle

Dec 10, 2009
Guillelmus de Sancto Theodorico (William of St-Thierry) (1075-1148) Epistula ad fratres de Monte Dei /Lettre aux Frères du Mont-Dieu/ Letter to the Brothers of Mont-Dieu (The Golden Epistle) Manuscript 1145-1148 From Abbaye Notre-Dame, Signy...

Lorenzo Monaco

Dec 9, 2009
Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (ca. 1370 - 1423/24) The Nativity, 1409 Tempera on wood, gold ground; 8 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. (22.2 x 31.1 cm) Robert Lehman Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di...

A forgotten Scotsman

Dec 9, 2009
Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia ca. 1400–1482 Higher: Dante meeting "The Twelve Lights" in the Fourth Circle of Prudence: St. Thomas introduces Dante to other souls in the Heaven of the Sun St Thomas Aquinas and Albertus Magnus meet Dante. In the...

Hugh of St Victor

Dec 8, 2009
The Charter of Louis VI Le Gros founding the Abbey of St Victor (1113) Anonymous Hugh of St Victor teaching three monks From De Arca Morali (13th Century) Ms. Laud. Misc. 409, f° 3v. The Bodeleian Library,...

Portugal and the Immaculate Conception

Dec 7, 2009
Virgin of the Immaculate Conception c.1650 Carved ivory Height 43.5 cm x Width 18 cm x Depth 12.5 cm Probably made in either Goa or Sri Lanka The Victoria and Albert Museum, London The Virgin in long robes, her hands together in an...


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