It looks like gloop from the River Usk. But as Mike Buckingham finds out, where there’s muck there’s an historical treasure trove.
Mud, mud, apparently inglorious mud stored in 50 building waste bags may contain historical gold relating to Newport’s mediaeval ship.
“And just as the old prospectors panned for gold we are going to have to […]

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“Enluminure et Calligraphie, aujourd’hui comme jadis?” (Illumination and Calligraphy: then and now?) is at the Bibliothèque Humaniste in Sélestat, France, through June 3.

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Charles the Bold (1433-1477): Splendor in Burgundy will be at the Groeningemuseum in Bruges, Belgium, through July 21.

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The Secret of Silence: The Hidden World of the Carthusians of Roermond, at the former Carthusian monastery of Our Lady of Bethlehem in Roermond, will be on display until June 21.

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I’ve redesigned the homepage for Larsdatter.com; the new design fits in better with the current look of the linkspages, and I think it may be a better way to access the large amount of content on the site.

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In another thrilling demonstration of my shoddy translation skills, here is a segment from part of an article at ItalyGlobalNation:
Food “falsified” in the Middle Ages, but today food fraud is increasingly widespreadIn France between 1200 and 1400 edicts against “wicked swindlers” [selling] spoiled meat and wild-berry beerItalian food exports 20 billion euros, but the trade […]

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The third of four new galleries opening at the British Museum this year, the Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery of Medieval Europe is devoted to the British Museum’s pre-eminent collection of medieval material. This gallery will place this great collection in its fullest historical context, integrating art with archaeology, covering the period from 1050–1500 AD. […]

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“Jan van Scorel en de Utrechtse Schilderkunst” will be at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht through June 28.

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“The Birth of Modern Painting: Robert Campin, the Master of Flémalle, and Rogier van der Weyden” will be at Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, Germany, through June 21.

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Britain’s most ancient fishing trap has been discovered off the coastline of Wales after research carried out on Google Earth.
… The discovery has given them a fascinating glimpse into how medieval communities survived through hunting and fishing.
Fish swam into the estuary but became trapped by the outgoing tide before being hooked out using nets.
Dr Ziggy […]

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