On June 5th, fisherman Fernando Brey tripped over a moss covered stone in the Sar river in Galicia when he was struck by its unusual shape. Indeed, this was not an ordinary riverbed rock. He had literally stumbled upon a sculpture of the Virgin and Child, whose faces are now missing, with two worn angelsContinue reading “A suspected medieval sculpture of the Virgin discovered in a Galician river, near Santiago de Compostela”
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Research Group: Research Network of Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies
The Red de Estudios Medievales Interdisciplinares is the result of a collaboration between scholars researching Medieval Art at various departments of the University of Compostela, other Galician and Portuguese universities and the Instituto de Estudos Gallegos “Padre Sarmiento” del CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas). The group welcomes scholars in Spain and abroad, and runs various research activities,Continue reading “Research Group: Research Network of Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies”
The Church in Western Iberia: International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July 6-9, 2015
The Church in Western Iberia (León, Asturias, Galicia, and Portugal). International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July 6-9, 2015. Organiser: James D’Emilio, Department of Humanities, University of South Florida. Five sessions: Session 1016: Wednesday, July 8, 9:00 – 10:30 The Church in Western Iberia (León, Asturias, Galicia, and Portugal), I: Early Medieval Galicia Session 1116:Continue reading “The Church in Western Iberia: International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July 6-9, 2015”
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