Tabula Cebetis 2: Greed, Lust and Fame
What was the moral compass 1000 years ago? What happened when you let yourself be tempted? Learn more about the dangers and traps of the Middle...
What is LOVE? And HOW do you find it? (Part 2)
According to our modern understanding, we mean that one simply “meets” love; not so in the medieval understanding: according to the symbolism of the story of...
Women of the Middle Ages
Today is International Women’s Day! But what role did they play in the Middle Ages? Did they have an influence on the society of the time? Did they...
Proofs and signs of LOVE
What did lovers give each other in the Middle Ages? What significance did a little box have? And what could “picking a rose” have meant in the Middle...
Book art of the Middle Ages
Today with Alexander Wilhelm, Vice President of Verlag Müller & Schindler. What is medieval book art? And how can it be defined? In more than 1000 years...
The Divine Garden: Back to Nature (Part 2)
Where does the term paradise actually come from? What does the lily have to do with eroticism? And what is a hortus conclusus? Flowers had an important...
Back to the Future (1): Nature & Middle Age
Macrocosm and microcosm, human, nature and the universe. How did people in the Middle Ages understand themselves and the environment? What was natural, what knowledge of...
Gold, Fruit of the Supernova
Gold has been the object of power and fascination since the dawn of our history. But where does gold come from? Why is it so important...
Brilliant games from the Middle Ages
Football, tennis, golf, handball… where do these games actually come from? Did they already exist in the Middle Ages? And which games were reserved for the...
Recycling and Parchment: Sustainability Part 3
The handling of paper today is no longer the same as it was a few years ago. It was often recycled or reused for other purposes...