Middle Ages

Two Intricate Calligraphy Pages from the Sixteenth-Century Manuscript “Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta” Have Been Decoded for the First Time

Renaissance calligraphy unlocked.

Calvin Kaleel | December 18, 2018

The music, and manuscripts, of Renaissance court life.

Larisa Grollemond | October 2, 2018

Inside a rare thirteenth-century Jewish manuscript.

Elizabeth Morrison | September 19, 2018

Treasured objects of the European Renaissance court.

Larisa Grollemond | August 27, 2018

A new exhibition explores depictions of paradise across Europe and Asia.

A close look at six newly donated pages from a Renaissance choir book.

Bryan C. Keene | February 8, 2018

Care for the sick in the Middle Ages and today.

Curators share their work on a forthcoming exhibition on challenging imagery in medieval art.

Share your thoughts on an exhibition in development.

Getty Museum object yields surprising truths about medieval life.

Exhibition will explore the marginalized and powerless in medieval art.

An interdisciplinary approach to the complex bestiary tradition.