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Museum information: “This exceptional painting on wood comes from the monastery of Bawit in Middle Egypt. Dated to the 8th century, it represents Christ (easily recognizable by his halo with a cross) and Abbot Mena, the superior of the monastery at…

A knight of the German Order returning from thr crusade, after Karl Immermann’s poem “The arrival of the crusader”,1826

Made in Paris circa 1390 for John, Duke of Berry, the reliquary is currently held in the collection of the British Museum. Made of gold, rock crystal, enamel, pearls, sapphires, and rubies, and decorated with intricately carved figures, is represents…

This icon/image/likeness of Christ is held at the Church of St Bartholomew of the Armenians in Genoa, Italy. It was given to the doge of Genoa in the 14th century by Byzantine Emperor John V Palaiologos. The outer frame has been dated to the 14th…

According to legend, the relic was brought to Bruges by Thierry of Alsace following the Second Crusade in the 12th century, this reliquary is said to contain a piece of cloth soaked with the blood of Jesus. Thierry may have been presented the relic…

The Historia covers the period from 1118 to 1207, and is noteworthy for its description of the occupation of Constantinople, an excerpt in English can be read here: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/choniates1.asp

The full manuscript, which…