The show features more than 50 paintings, manuscripts, textiles and other artworks created in Western Europe between the 13th ...

A recently discovered gospel likely written by women at the abbey of Essen in the 10th century could sell for more than $1 ...

A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.

Curator Earle Havens shares highlights from Johns Hopkins' collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts—and his team's ...

Every generation seems to see something different in Europe’s Middle Ages, the centuries following the collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century A.D. To Renaissance scholars, it was a benighted ...

The before-meal wash was an important ritual for peasants and nobility alike—especially since people often ate with their hands. An important social ritual in the Middle Ages, handwashing was also ...

Phil Edwards was a senior producer for the Vox video team. At first, it’s a completely mystifying image: Why do medieval manuscripts show knights fighting snails? These marginal illustrations are ...

Researchers in Switzerland have discovered more details about the medieval material Zwischgold, which can help in the restoration process of 15th century artworks. To study Zwischgold, researchers ...

Plans have been approved to house an art gallery and shop in a medieval gateway in York's city walls. City of York Council ...