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The galleries will open to the public on Nov. 22 after more than a decade of planning, fundraising and construction. The newly designed, 5,000-square-foot space will display over 1,000 objects, ...
A mong Iron Man's most underrated foes is the Latverian-armoured villain known as Dreadknight, and while his original design ...
A study of 16 Medieval manuscripts in Clairvaux Abbey in France found they were bound in a surprising material: sealskin.
It all began as an armour — cold, unyielding and built for war. The Bronze Age (circa 2,300-700 BCE) saw the earliest metal ...
Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some manuscripts, rather than skins from the local boars and deer ...
“The seal was rarely depicted in medieval art and did not hold a place in heraldry, which developed at that time. This lack of representation might have contributed to a detachment from the animal’s ...
Knights and ladies, castles flying pennant flags, sumptuous fabrics, and gleaming armor—these are some of the Middle Age touches that brought romance to the fall collections.
Wikimedia Commons, Photo by wikimedia.org, is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Kate Beckinsale has firmly established her status as a fashion icon, effortlessly making bold statements both on and off the ...
With grand architecture, vibrant street art, some of Bulgaria’s best museums and a knockout food scene, Sofia has all the ingredients of an unforgettable city break.
I recently had the privilege of going hands-on with a pre-launch build of DOOM: The Dark Ages, which is somehow even more ...
Mighty warhorses, as richly adorned and armoured as their knightly riders, are an immediately recognisable icon of the ...
“Shining Armor: The Pavia Tapestries,” on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston through May 26, is part art exhibition ...