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The figure shown here is called Cernunnos. He is  the "horned god" of ancient Celtic culture, representing fertility, the natur...

Artist's conception on what buttresses would have looked like early on. On 15 April, 2019, a fire ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in P...

7th c. Asturian Church of Santa Cristina de Lena, Spain This will be a brief introduction to the styles of medieval architecture that e...

[Mindful of the tragedy at Notre Dame of Paris on 15 April, 2015, I re-present this post from 2012.] In the post on the  Las Huelgas Code...

[DailyMedieval is on semi-hiatus for the holidays, and I am re-cycling some older posts. Today's is new, however, inspired by a music C...

William of Champeaux (c.1070-1122) was a student of Anselm of Laon , and may have helped to compile the Glossa interlinearis . He may also h...