Daily Medieval

Although little is known of his personal life, and he was not famous in his own lifetime, the Sufi poet known as Attar of Nishapur (c.1145 –...

Yesterday's post, " This Too Shall Pass ," tells about a particular poem from the Exeter Book with the theme that sorrowful o...

First page of " Cubic equation and intersection of conic sections" A book of verses underneath the bough A flask of wine, ...

Today is the 805th anniversary of Rumi's birth. On the 800th anniversary, in a story done by BBC News online, he was referred to as ...