The medieval Magazine
Editors: Sandra Alvarez and Danielle Trynoski
Website: www.medievalists.net
This digital magazine is published on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.
Cover Photo: Recycled manuscript fragment used in binding, analysed with M-XRF techniques. Photo Universiteit Leiden.
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Letter from the Editors
X-Ray Technique Reveals Hidden Medieval Pages
Medieval Shoes
Get Interactive: Teach the Middle Ages to ages 5 to 25
Center Stage: The Case of The Rose
The winner of the Bad (medieval) Sex in Fiction Award is...
One Man's Vision at the Getty Villa, Part 1 of 3
From ent to orc: How Tolkien recycled medieval sources
Impact of Diet in Medieval Italy
The World-Tree Project: Crowdsourcing the Vikings
Andrea della Robbia Sculpture Restored at The Met
US Museum receives medieval Japanese and Korean art
Steve Ashby: Combs, Vikings, and Other Medieval Material
In Praise of Water
Book Review: The Shaping of Western Civilization
National History Museum restores the Great Basilica in Bulgaria
Book Review: Children of the Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
Table of Contents
New features!
Travel Tips
Talk the Talk
Building the Medieval
Art/ifact Spotlight
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