Vatican Splendors from Saint Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican Museums and the Swiss Guard will be at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul through January 11.

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“Andrea Mantegna, 1431-1506″ is at the Louvre through January 5.

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Breaking News: Renaissance Journalism and the Birth of the Newspaper will be at the Great Hall of the Folger Shakespeare Library through January 31.

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“A Light Touch: Exploring the Humor in Drawing” is at the Getty in Los Angeles through December 7.

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AP/USA Today reports:
A Russian archaeologist says he has found the lost capital of the Khazars, a powerful nation that adopted Judaism as its official religion more than 1,000 years ago, only to disappear leaving little trace of its culture.
Dmitry Vasilyev, a professor at Astrakhan State University, said his nine-year excavation near the Caspian Sea has […]

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John Rylands University Library (University of Manchester) will digitize its collection of over forty Middle English manuscripts, including theForme of Cury (a 14th century cookbook); one of the earliest complete manuscript editions of The Canterbury Tales; poetry by John Lydgate; and a 500-year-old bible. The project begins this autumn, and should be complete some time […]

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So, I’ve posted a new sitemap for the larsdatter.com linkspages. I think it’s a little easier to navigate — it’s still not perfect, and there’s a lot of stuff that’s just sort of sitting around in not-easily-categorized areas, and some things in multiple categories.
Any ideas for ways to fix the sitemap, or make it more […]

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The latest linkspage is on rolls of arms, featuring armorials in an interesting variety of designs from the mid-13th century to the early 17th century.

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“Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum” closes its U.S. tour with a stop at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, now through January 4.

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“Grand Scale: Monumental Prints in the Age of Dürer and Titian” will be at the Yale University Art Gallery through November 30.

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