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The Golden EpistleDec 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 MonacoDec 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 ScotsmanDec 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 VictorDec 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 ConceptionDec 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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