Digging into the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library: Spotlight on “On Morals, or Concerning Education”
What is the value of the humanities in a time of crisis?
Conquest as Revival
Victor Castillo finds evidence that sixteenth-century Maya nobles revived ancient religious architecture while claiming Christian identities
Monuments, Hieroglyphs, and Native Fauna
Stephanie Strauss conducts the first art historical assessment of Epi-Olmec elite visual culture
Wearing Wonder
Stephanie Caruso reveals how a group of gold pendants created a sense of wonder in late antique viewers
Volcanic Stone, Renaissance Fun Houses
Katherine Coty reimagines Italian villa gardens as experiments with the local landscape
Reflections from an Early-Career Musician in Residence
Viet Cuong makes relatable the seemingly magical process of composing music
Globalization in Guinea Pig Bones
Sarah Kennedy establishes why food is key to understanding power, identity, and status in colonial Peru
Revolutionary Churches Hewn from Rock
Mikael Muehlbauer identifies medieval churches in Ethiopia that evoke a lost Byzantium
Back in Print: Eriugena’s “Periphyseon”
The only complete English translation of Eriugena’s magnum opus
Behind the Scenes: Horseman, Poet, Soldier, Prince
Four recently acquired lead seals illuminate Byzantine lives and fill collection gaps