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

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The 2022 Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon

  • Posted on October 14, 2022October 14, 2022
  • John Keirouz

On October 2nd, the Annual Medieval Festival was held at Fort Tryon Park. This event is organized by NYC Parks and the Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corporation, with the support of the Fort Tryon…

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Events

Fordham’s Collegium Musicum Prepares for Upcoming Concert

  • Posted on December 3, 2019June 22, 2020
  • Mikayla Fenley

Monday, November 25th marked one of the final rehearsals for Fordham’s Collegium Musicum as they prepared for their upcoming concert My Bestial Half: A Roman de Fauvel. The vocalists and instrumentalists practiced hard under the…

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Events

Fordham Medieval Studies at the Fort Tryon Medieval Festival

  • Posted on October 11, 2019
  • Michael Innocenti

Now veterans of the annual Fort Tryon Medieval Festival, Fordham Medieval Studies reflects on its second appearance at the 35th iteration of the popular fête. Much more linen and wool (and maybe polyester) were worn…

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Events

Fall 2018 Collegium Concert: Flowers of the Trecento

  • Posted on December 4, 2018April 5, 2019
  • Christina Bruno

Galina Krasskova, grad student and performer, writes of Collegium’s Thursday, November 29 performance: Thursday, November 29th saw the second performance of Fordham’s Medieval and Renaissance music group, the Collegium Musicum Fordhamense, and it was a…

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Alumni

Fordham Medieval Studies at the Fort Tryon Medieval Festival, this Sunday, September 30 11:30 AM-6:00 PM

  • Posted on September 24, 2018April 9, 2019
  • Christina Bruno

The Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University feels even more medieval than usual this week, as preparations for the 34th Annual Fort Tryon Medieval Festival are now well underway, with costumes and armor scattered…

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Graduate Studies

Gardening at The Met Cloisters

  • Posted on August 9, 2018September 20, 2018
  • Christina Bruno

At the northern edge of Manhattan, nestled atop a hill in peaceful, leafy Fort Tryon Park, is a small slice of the Middle Ages: the Met Cloisters. Beyond its impressive collection of medieval art, this…

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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

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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