More than half of the Byzantine buildings in the Marmara region have been damaged, according to a report released yesterday by a volunteer group, the Archaeological Settlements of Turkey Project, or TAY.
… The TAY report shows how historic buildings or their remnants have become almost invisible as they have been used for other purposes or […]

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The latest linkspage is on those wide silk belts one sees with “Burgundian” gowns in the 15th century.

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Most of the seafaring peoples who came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark between the 8th and 12th centuries – the ‘Viking Age’ – were farmers and merchants, rather than violent raiders, and wherever they settled they brought advanced skills in leather and wood-work and soon integrated into local communities. You might even call them ‘progressive’. […]

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Prayers In Code is at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, through July 19. The exhibition features books of hours which “present unusual images that challenge our understanding of the relationship between the words of the prayers and their illustrations,” in addition to patronage at the court of King Francis I.

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The much-ballyhooed maiolica linkspages are now up. There’s so much online that I’ve sorted them into linkspages based on style — Maiolica arcaica, Zaffera a rilievo, Stile severo, Stile bello, Stile istoriato, and the Belle Donne.
(But if I’ve misclassified any, you’ll let me know, won’t you?)

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As part of the 2009 Calvin Jubilee, The Museum of the Reformation will present Une journée dans la vie de Calvin (A Day in the Life of Calvin) at the Maison Mallet in Geneva, Switzerland, through October 31.

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