Illumination from the"Breviary of Queen Isabella of Castile", ms. Add MS 18851, f. 431r, circa 1497, British Library, London.
Month: January 2020
Welcome back to our weekly column! On the occasion of our Women's Wednesday, we will tell you the story of Varro's daughter, Marcia, a talented Roman artist. Marcia was known and glorified for her unequaled ability to…
Illumination from the"Breviary of Queen Isabella of Castile", ms. Add MS 18851, f. 30r, circa 1497, British Library, London.
As you well know, here at Folia we are deeply in love with History. With the passing of the centuries, however, it is inevitable for even major details to go lost and be left to historians' interpretation or plain…
Illumination from the manuscript "La Fleur des histoires de Jean Mansel", ms. Ms-5087 réserve, f. 361r, 1454, Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Paris.
We may be in the middle of winter, sure, but our weekly Women's Wednesday does not wait: our guest this time is Flora, goddess of spring and flowers. Or... was she? Boccaccio, in fact, portrays…
Illumination from a Book of Hours, use of Rome, ms. Lewis E 103, f. 7v, 1510, Free Library of Philadelphia.
The holidays are sadly officially over, but we are happy to be back and open the new year with style thanks to our Women's Wednesday! Our first guest of 2020 is Virginia, a young Roman woman.…