Summer is almost over… but our weekly appointment with Boccaccio’s De Mulieribus Claris is not! Today’s Mulier Clara is Leaena, a Greek courtesan who got tangled up in a political assassination. One version of the…
Illuminations from the "Masters of the Dark Eyes Missal", ms. W.175, f. 158v, ca. 1500, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The name of this Dutch missal, originally from Utrecht, refers to an artistic movement named "Masters of…
Did you miss us? We surely did! The first article after our short summer break is, you guessed it, dedicated to our Women's Wednesday: our guest this time is Tomyris, queen of the Massagetae, an Iranian people living…