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NATIVITÀ DELLA VERGINE
The Church celebrates today, exactly 9 months after that of the Immaculate Conception, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Although being one of the main festivities in Christianity, the birth of Mary is actually not recorded in […]
Il Codex Purpureus Rossanensis
I manoscritti miniati sono tesori provenienti dal nostro passato, ammantati di bellezza e mistero. Un fascino particolare è esercitato dai codici purpurei orientali, preziosissimi ed estremamente rari come la Genesi di Vienna ed il Codex Sinopensis a Parigi, ma il […]
VENERE
We resume our weekly Women’s Wednesday column with one of the most famous women of all time: Venus. You are probably well acquainted with the mythological figure of Venus (or Aphrodite for the Greek): the goddess of beauty and love […]
SETTEMBRE, ANDIAMO: VITE E VINO NEL MEDIOEVO
Back to work! We have finally reached September, which means our team is ready to dive into the beauty of illuminated manuscripts once again. We welcome the new month with this depiction of one of the traditional September activities: grape […]
BANCHETTO ESTIVO
Illumination from the manuscript “Livre de la chasse – Déduits de la chasse”, ms. Français 616, c. 67r, 14th or 15th century, Département des manuscrits, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. Folia Magazine is off to a summer vacation! Our team will be taking […]
LA LEGGENDA DEI SETTE DORMIENTI
“Scheint am Siebenschläfer Sonne, gibt es sieben Wochen Wonne.” German-speaking countries celebrated yesterday Siebenschläfertag, the “Day of the Seven Sleepers”: according to lore, the weather on this day is said to predict the weather on the following seven weeks. But who exactly are the Seven […]
BACCHE IN QUANTITÀ
Illumination from the manuscript “Recüeil des principaux seigneurs qui passèrent la mer avec Guillaume Conquéreur d’Angleterre, et de plusieurs autres qui, après le décès dudict Guillaume, se retirèrent en Angleterre, et quelz honneurs et estatz ilz ont eu en la […]
MUSICA DI INIZIO ESTATE
Summer is finally here! Along with the coming of the summer season, the world celebrates today the Fête de la Musique (or, in English, “World Music Day” or “Make Music Day”). The Fête, as the name suggests, was born in France. The idea […]