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The Venerable Blog

The Official Blog of the Center for Medieval Studies, Fordham University

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The Now of the Rose: October 20, 2021

  • Posted on November 2, 2021December 22, 2021
  • Daniel Berardino

On October 20, Fordham University in collaboration with Les Enluminures hosted a webinar entitled The Now of the Rose. Fordham faculty, students, and external guests heard from Stephen G. Nichols, Professor Sandra Hindman, Melanie Garcia…

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Art History

Fordham Students on Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders

  • Posted on July 19, 2018September 20, 2018
  • Christina Bruno

Fordham graduate students recently had the opportunity to participate in a class coinciding with the Morgan Library and Museum’s exhibit Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders (June 8-September 23). The show examines the varied depictions of monsters…

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Art History

A Comparative Celebration of Eastern and Western Easter Traditions

  • Posted on April 30, 2018September 20, 2018
  • Katy McCombs

On April 1st of this year, approximately 1.2 billion people celebrated Easter in the Catholic Church. Seven days later, approximately 225 – 300 million people celebrated Easter in the Eastern Orthodox Church. The date of…

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Art History

Medieval Studies MA Students Inducted to Jesuit Honors Society

  • Posted on April 11, 2017September 3, 2017
  • Laura Morreale

On April 7th, Michael Weldon (MA, Medieval Studies) and Kevin Vogelaar (MA, Medieval Studies) were inducted to the Jesuit Honors Society Alpha Sigma Nu.  The organization, which emphasizes scholarship, loyalty, and service, selected Michael and…

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Art History

In the glasing y-wroght: Medieval Glass as Material Medium and Message

  • Posted on April 19, 2016April 25, 2016
  • Alexa Amore

The 2016 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Lectures and Workshops were held Monday, April 4- through Thursday, April 7 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Featured lecturers were Elizabeth Pastan of Emory University and Patrick Degyrse of University of…

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Art History

Bronx Doctor Donates Medieval Manuscript Facsimiles to Fordham

  • Posted on January 6, 2016January 22, 2016
  • Alexa Amore

This post is cross-blogged from Fordham News. The Très riches heures, a book of prayers commissioned for a French prince, is one of the most famous illuminated manuscripts of the 15th century. It contains dozens…

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Art History

Peter A. Vergara (FCRH ’18) Shares his Experiences as an Intern at the Cloisters

  • Posted on October 9, 2015
  • Alexa Amore

  “In mid March 2015 – toward the end of New York’s perpetual winter – I took the subway up to Dykman Street and trekked up the snowy hills of Fort Tyron Park to reach…

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Alumni

Scott Miller (MA ’12) Leads Exhibition Tour of ‘Treasures and Talismans’ at the Cloisters

  • Posted on September 18, 2015September 18, 2015
  • Alexa Amore

Within the canons of art history, rings are often relegated to second-class status. Nineteenth-century art historians, for example, were more likely to regard pieces of jewelry as consumer objects than as products of imaginative artistry…

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