Unicorns in Medieval & Renaissance Art – On Show at New York
An exhibition on the theme of the unicorn in medieval and Renaissance art will mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of The Cloisters at The Met Museum, NY
Flowery Mead
The Flowery Mead in a Medieval Garden
The flowery mead is one of the essential components in all our perceptions of a medieval garden. Fourteenth century poet Giovanni Boccaccio (b. Paris, 1313; d. Certaldo 1375) in his Decameron of 1348 painted a vivid picture of what a villa and garden of a wealthy Florentine was like. The…