There’s a reassuring sense that even in the 14th century, there was a lot going on well outside the mainstream ...

It’s not everyday that you find a priceless artwork hanging over a kitchen stove. Rarer still is it to stumble across one of the exceptionally few paintings that can confidently be attributed to ...

Image credit: Border Fragment with Musical Angel, ca. 1140-1144. From the ambulatory and crypt of the church of the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis, Saint Benedict Window. New York, The Metropolitan Museum ...