Medieval art - Finestre sull'Arte

Mont Saint-Michel manuscript that disappeared during the French Revolution resurfaces after two centuries

A medieval manuscript from the prestigious monastic library of Mont Saint-Michel, one of the most important of its time in France, was recently rediscovered after more than two hundred years of absence. The return to the French national collections r...
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Florence, at the Horne Museum the Siviero Cross restored and reassembled after 100 years

A splendid recovered work was unveiled yesterday at the Horne Museum in Florence: it is the Siviero Cross, a panel painting by the Bolognese Lippo di Dalmasio degli Scannabecchi (Bologna, c. 1355 - 1410) named after Rodolfo Siviero (Guardistallo, 191...
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Bayeux tapestry at the British Museum for the first time in nearly 1,000 years

A landmark loan between France and the United Kingdom will bring theBayeux Tapestry to the United Kingdom for the first time, where it will be displayed at the British Museum in London. The official agreement, unveiled today, marks a significant step...
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Searching for truth among the stones and paintings of the convent of San Francesco in Fiesole

Albert Camus had found at the age of twenty-four a fragment of his truth among the cells of the convent of San Francesco in Fiesole. He had climbed up here, on the hill overlooking Florence, in September 1937, and spent a morning among the Franciscan...
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Medieval chants are rediscovered in Cortona: the city's four ancient laudaries on display

From June 28 to October 5, 2025, the Museum of the Etruscan Academy and the City of Cortona (MAEC) is hosting the exhibition Singing the Middle Ages. Lauda in Cortona between Devotion and Civic Identity, curated by Francesco Zimei, professor of Music...
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Turin, miniatures attributed to Jan van Eyck and masterpieces of book art on display at Palazzo Madama

From May 23 to Sept. 8, 2025, the medieval courtyard of Turin 's Palazzo Madama will host the exhibition Jan van Eyck and the Miniatures Revealed, an exhibition project conceived and curated by Simonetta Castronovo, curator of the Turin museum, and c...
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A documentary dedicated to Cimabue arrives on Rai5.

On Wednesday, April 9, at 9:15 p.m., Rai 5 will premiere the documentary film Da Cimabue a Giotto, a journey to rediscover one of the most revolutionary and at the same time forgotten painters in the history of art: Cimabue (Florence, c. 1240 - Pisa,...
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A novel technique in the history of mosaics: the Annunciation in Pisa Cathedral

Entering Pisa Cathedral through the main door, we are greeted by the large apsidal mosaic that stands out imposingly at the end of the nave. In the center, Christ Pantocrator by Francesco da Pisa stands out, while on the right we find the figure of S...
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