"The Renaissance" is not a result of a linear "revolution". It was a medieval phenomenon, rooted in ideas circulating for centuries (Giotto was born c. 1267). The Middle Ages had multiple periods of seeing "classical" ideas as fashionable. Works like Vitruvius were widely read and influential. 1/

Yes this is mostly a medieval account but there's always space for a bit of Baroque. Here's Syracuse cathedral with the moon nearly full

Dropped into the wonderful @whipplemuseum.bsky.social yesterday to examine a 14th-C astrolabe recently received on loan from a kind individual.

Isn't it a beauty! It'll be on display v soon (as soon as I can find time to write a label for it ✍️)

🏺 Medallón de Urartu en plata con detalles en pan de oro (ss. VIII-VII a.C.).

🦁 Deidad entronizada sostenida por leones frente a un adorador masculino.

ℹ️El reino de Urartu abarcó zonas de Turquía, Armenia e Irán, y su arte estaba influenciado por la iconografía asiria.

My review of Gladiator II (2024) is now up at @foreignpolicy.com !

I confess I didn't much like the film. As history, its nonsense, but we knew it would be. But its also weak as a movie, reenacting its better predecessor rather than telling a new story.

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Instrumentos de tortura que probablemente nunca existieron www.youtube.com/watch?v=feEi...

Instrumentos de tortura que probablemente nunca existieron www.youtube.com/watch?v=feEi...

Medieval Cartularies: much more than simple files. They were tools of government, of transmitting knowledge and preserving historical memory. Discover his role in the transmission of the Leonese Decrees AD 1188, Spain!
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