Lovers in the Garden, Manesse manuscript ca. 1300 Red lead was a favorite pigment of Byzantine and Persian illuminators and commonly used in European manuscripts and paintings. Latin name: Minium for red lead & vermilion. Minium comes from river Minius located in north west Spain. From the word minium came the Latin verb miniare and then the English miniate and miniature to describe the image. Chemical name: Lead(II,IV)-oxide

The painter of ‘Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs’ hated the smell of paint

How about some fowl play this Medieval Valentine’s day?

Illumanu — second quarter of the 14th century Germany -...

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Frederic William Burton disappeared from the cultural radar within a few years of his death

Lover's Tryst by Richard Borrmeister February is a special month on Historical Romance Review as it's the month in which we celebrate love and Valentine's Day (as well as Pirate, Privateer & Love on the High Seas romances). So I thought to begin with an interesting tidbit from history. What did the Georgians and Victorians mean by "making love"? Research on this issue was the project of Dr. Clelia Duel Mosher, a hygiene academic who, between 1892 and 1920, persuaded 45 women to fill out…

AncientPages.com - As an undergraduate, on a tour of Europe, I happened to step into the church where Saint Valentine’s head was kept. The tour guide told us

Heaven and Earth Designs "Arthur and Guenievere " Artwork by Ruth Sanderson