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…The program, “The Maria Monologues,’’ was what artistic director Anne Azéma, speaking from the stage, called, “a search for the psyche of Mary in medieval times.’’ That may sound like a dissertation topic, and no doubt it has been. But…

Early music superstar Jordi Savall performs renaissance and baroque music for solo viol at West Vancouver’s Kay Meek Centre March 9… Since the 1970s, Savall has dominated the early music scene, using the distinct sound of the viola da gamba…

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will be one of three American venues to host a pair of masterworks by the Italian Renaissance painter Titian that have never been seen in the United States. Titian and the Golden Age of…

Archaeologists working at Prague Castle have unearthed portions of a rampart which dates to the 10th or 11th century and part of a moat that may date as far back as the 9th century. Jana Marikova-Kubkova of the Archaeological Institute of the Academy of Science informed journalists that an unusual illustration of the castle’s buildings had also been discovered, calling it “the first find of this type in Prague.” Find out more in the item at Czech-Netz.com.

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Medieval fortifications discovered at Prague Castle originally appeared on About.com Medieval History on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 23:49:09.

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French medieval statues march in New York In a sense, they’ve spent the last five centuries walking, but 37 statues from a French nobleman’s tomb are debuting on their biggest journey yet with an exhibit at New York’s Metropolitan Museum…

Da Vinci drawings on view for the first time …There is probably no greater icon in the art world than Leonardo da Vinci, a brilliant mind that was decades ahead of his peers. Leonardo applied his considerable drawing skills to…

Complete article Started in 1990, this merry tradition turns its clock back precisely 400 years to the date, transforming this coming Friday and Saturday to the time when Russia was invaded by the Polish army, the Polish King occupied Moscow…

During the restoration of the Kyloe Tower in Northumberland, the faded image of a woman’s face was revealed on a stone that juts out near the top of the tower. The stone is believed to have been one of several corbels that would have been used to support a gallery from which visitors could look at the splendid view. Find out more in the article at the Journal, which includes a nice picture.

I don’t know if it’s the picture or if I’m simply missing something, but I just don’t see the face. How about you?

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Stone face revealed during tower restoration originally appeared on About.com Medieval History on Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 at 23:07:15.

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A FRESCO in a Hungarian chapel is now believed to be by Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. The fresco, which is part of a four-piece mural in the ruined castle of Esztergom in northern Hungary… The images, which depict the…