The Beauty of Castle Ruins

The Castle of Jealousy where Fair Welcome is Imprisoned, from Harley MS 4425, f. 39r.

        One of the best-looking things mundele people have ever created are their castles and tapestries. But this blog isn't about tapestries.

Paris Bordone e suas obras de arte

Portrait of a Man in Armor with Two Pages, oil on canvas, between 1520 and 1571.

        Paris Bordone (1500, Treviso, Republic of Venice [Italy] — Jan. 19, 1571, Venice) was a Renaissance Venetian painter of religious, mythological, and anecdotal subjects, part of the Mannerist art movement and former pupil of Tiziano Vecellio (also known in English as Titian) (1488, Pieve di Cadore, Republic of Venice — August 27, 1576, Venice). [1] [2]

Tant m'abelis joyas et amors e chans [So much I love joy and love and song] by Troubadour Berengiers de Palazol

uring my stay at my grandparents' house, I decided to delve deeper into medieval literature. I decided to learn more than Lais de Maria de France, so I turned to Troubadourism.

Troubadourism was a lyrical-poetic literary school of the High Middle Ages that began in the late 11th century, in Occitania, later spreading to Italy, France and the Iberian Peninsula, and coming to an end in the 14th century. Troubadours and trobairitz, who both composed and performed their songs, used to mainly depict courtly love and chivalry (code of conduct associated with knighthood and chivalric orders).