domenica 24 agosto 2008

Artisans

Artisans medievaux
Nous sommes fabricants / manufacturiers de bijoux et d'accessoires d'inspiration médiévale, elfique et gothique. Nous distribuons actuellement nos produits dans plus de 45 points de vente au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe. Nous avons plus de 200 articles différents qui sont disponibles dans plusieurs variétés de finition (principalement bronze antique et argent antique) et couleurs de pierres et cristal (trop de couleurs disponibles pour les énumérer ici).

Contrairement à plusieurs artisans, nous fabriquons toutes nos pièces avant des les assembler pour une garantie d'originalité et un design unique
http://bijouxmedievaux.com/

martedì 19 agosto 2008

Medieval Abbays

THE ABBAYE AUX DAMES
This monastic house founded in 1047 by Geoffroy Martel and his wife Agnès de Bourgogne was the first female convent in Saintonge. It was highly prestigious up until the French Revolution when the Benedictines were harried out. The Church of Notre-Dame dates back to the origins in the 11th and 12th Centuries. The arch mouldings above the portal and the capitals on the belltower are magnificent examples Saintonge Romanesque art.There is a permanent exhibition in the 17th Century religious buildings recounting the history of the site. Nowadays the Abbey belongs to the prestigious grouping of Centres Culturels de Rencontre (Cultural Meeting Places) which produce a very well reputed festival every year in July, "le Festival de Saintes".www.abbayeauxdames.org

lunedì 18 agosto 2008

Medieval Bible

Medieval bible
The Latin Bible of the Middle Ages lacked a standard canonical version and differed considerably from modern Bible edition. It could consist of one or many volumes and varied considerably in size. The Latin translation could correspond to those we find in contemporary versions or be traced to older sources. Even the order of the biblical books could vary. The Latin Bible of the Middle Ages also contained texts which later came to be regarded as non-canonical. Only during the 16th century, did the Bible develop the form we are familiar with today.

sabato 16 agosto 2008

Medieval Islamic Cercamics

Medieval Islamic Cercamics

Chicago collector Harvey B. Plotnick has assembled what is generally regarded as the finest private collection of early Islamic ceramics in the world. From these truly outstanding objects—much admired by specialists in the field of Islamic art and connoisseurs alike—a selection of approximately 100 treasures ranging in date from the early Abbasid caliphate in Iraq (9th–10th century) and the Mongol Ilkhanid dynasty in Iran (mid-13th–mid-14th century) to the Timurid dynasty in eastern central Asia (14th–15th century) is on view in the exhibition Perpetual Glory.
www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/plotnick/overview.html