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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise are two series of passionate and intellectual correspondences apparently written in Latin during the 12th century. The purported authors, Peter Abelard, a prominent theologian, and his pupil, Heloise, a gifted young woman later renowned as an abbess, exchanged these letters following their ill-fated love affair and subsequent monastic lives.
Medieval writing scripts — writing systems used in Medieval manuscripts and other written documents & communications. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Poetry took numerous forms in medieval Europe, for example, lyric and epic poetry. The troubadours, trouvères, and the minnesänger are known for composing their lyric poetry about courtly love usually accompanied by an instrument. [1] Among the most famous of secular poetry is Carmina Burana, a manuscript
Lombardic capitals in a manuscript (the Ambraser Heldenbuch, fol. 75v, c. 1516) Lombardic capitals is the name given to a type of decorative uppercase letter used in inscriptions and, typically, at the start of a section of text in medieval manuscripts. [1] They are characterized by their rounded forms with thick, curved stems.
That love is captured, achingly, in the brothers’ near-constant written correspondence; of the 820 letters by Vincent collected in Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, 651 are addressed to Theo.
The work is one of the longest prose compositions in medieval Irish. It is a free adaptation of Books I–VII of the epic poem Pharsalia, by 1st century Roman poet Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus). [147] Cath Flochairte Brighte. An account of the battle of Fochart (or Faughart, the birthplace of St. Brigid of Kildare), fought in 1318.
Archaeologists uncovered the medieval token while working on the Gdańsk Crane. This wooden crane was built in the 15th century and is the oldest of its kind in Europe.
The chanson Belle, Bonne, Sage by Baude Cordier, written in the shape of a heart, with a red note coloration string of notes forming another heart. The Chantilly Codex (Chantilly, Musée Condé MS 564) is a manuscript of medieval music containing pieces from the style known as the Ars subtilior.