A rare 1892 art book featuring Byzantine enamels, gifted only to royalty, continues to astonish with its beauty, ...

Byzantine-era monuments in Istanbul, Turkey, formerly the Byzantine capital city known as Constantinople, are being covered ...

As I argue in my recent book Facing Crisis: Art as Politics in Fourteenth-Century Venice , the medieval city of Venice provides a ... The Pala d'Oro, the gold Byzantine altarpiece in St Mark's ...

There has long been a great fascination with the Medieval period of history. Thousands of stories, whether historical or fantastical, are set or based during this era. It is an era that has been ...

credit: Wellcome Images/ wikimedia commons CC-BY-4.0 The Byzantine Empire is mostly known for its achievements in art and architecture, but not many people know that the Byzantines also made ...

The rare gem-set Medieval bishop's ring is expected to sell for between £15,000 to £18,000 A rare Medieval bishop's ring found by a retired firefighter in a Norfolk field is expected to fetch up ...

A rare Medieval bishop's ring found by a retired firefighter in a Norfolk field is expected to fetch up to £18,000 at auction. The gold ring, which has a central hexagonal cabochon sapphire with ...

Medieval art is full of unicorns. One famous example is the series of tapestries known as the Lady and the Unicorn, which now hang in the Musée Cluny in Paris. And the artworks have an unexpected ...

Armor vs. bullets Exactly when the medieval period or "Middle Ages" started and ended is a matter of debate, with dates falling roughly between A.D. 500 and 1500. Although the period is ...

Bianca Frölich, an art and antiques specialist at Frölich Kunst & Antiek, says little survives from the period the ring was created in the Low Countries. “Where the economic wind is blowing is ...