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Just 90 days to raise £90,000 to return 13th century Bible to Salisbury Cathedral where it was written
At the time, no other cities apart from London and Oxford supported this scale ... Christopher de Hamel, an expert on ...
Artnet4d
Museum Raises $6 Million to Keep Rare Renaissance Painting in the U.K.
A rare early masterpiece by the Renaissance painter Fra Angelico has been acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England ...
The best history books of 2024, from a lost England to Fascist Italy
This year saw plenty of excellent books, as usual, on the 20th century – but the real gems were revelatory examinations of ...
Oxford Mail6d
Oxford University welcomes York historian author to ranks
A historian has formally joined the ranks at Oxford University. Dr Tom Johnson succeeds Professor Ian Forrest as the Catto Fellow in Medieval History at Oriel College. The historian currently has a ...
The Australian20h
Guitarist who studied the rocks that still baffle the world
Picture: iStock As well as The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology, he wrote an archaeological guide to sites in England (2002) such as medieval villages, castles, churches and Roman villas. His ...
Post-Bulletin4d
'A history in stained glass'
Displayed in a great hall in a building in downtown Rochester, a three-column work of stained glass—considered one of the finest in the country—depicts 2,000 years of medical history in 12 panels.
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Books of the Year II
The New Zealand novelist Catherine Chidgey ought to be much more celebrated in this country than she is. Do not be put off by the fact that The Axeman’s Carnival (Europa, £14.99) is narrated by ...
Independent Catholic News4d
Manchester: Restoration of Jesuit church reveals fine architectural details
Work to restore the tower of the Holy Name Church in Manchester has begun and with the façade now under scaffolding, ...
Inside 'Preserved' Medieval Kitchen Where Meals Were Made for Henry VIII
TikTok users were "fascinated" by the kitchen in a viral clip, with one commenting on "how much history lives inside these walls." ...
I'm a Yale student who just toured Oxford and loved the campus. Here's what I learned about the famous school.
While studying abroad as a Yale student, I toured Oxford. The historic school and gothic design made it feel like I stepped ...
Cambridge University Press6d
The French of Medieval England
95, Issue. 1, p. 19. Professor Jocelyn Wogan-Browne's scholarship on the French of England - a term she indeed coined for the mix of linguistic, cultural, and political elements unique to the ...