Tabula Cebetis 3: Education and ignorance
The third part of our series on the Tabula Cebetis is about the second wall circle, where you have to follow the path of virtue again...
The Path of Life: Tabula Cebetis
The motif at the foot of the temple of the god Kronos shows people’s journey through life and the hurdles that have to be overcome. But what...
The Aratea Vaticana and the Book of Fixed Stars
Fascination stars: Since the dawn of time, we have been fascinated by the night sky. Thousands of years before our era, there were already the first...
My favourite miniature (2): The Vestal Tuccia
The dogma of virginity: what is it? How can it be proven? Many people in the Middle Ages were concerned with this question, including Stefan Lochner and...
Book illumination: The secrets of the Middle Ages (2)
After a short introduction to understanding the miniatures and how to read them, the different periods of book illumination are explained. This ranges from insular book...
The Myth of the Unicorn
In a world where there are creatures like the penguin, narwhal or even the platypus, the existence of the unicorn would not be surprising. But what is...