Dioscorides recommended it as a stomachic, vermifuge, remedy for jaundice, flavoring for absinthe, repel mice and moths.

Psalm 23 sung at St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican City in 2005

PLEASE NOTE: In the New Vulgate Bible the sung psalm is psalm 22.

Antiphon: He makes me lie down in green pastures.

1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He…

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The Luttrell Psalter takes its name from its patron, Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, a wealthy English landowner in Lincolnshire. Its quality and character suggest that it was produced at…

A (mostly) medieval alphabet. The alphabet (minus the letters J and K) from Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts. Most of the manuscripts are from the British Library. This is mostly me playing around with Windows MovieMaker.

As part of the process of making a reproduction of a medieval manuscript, I paint details onto an illuminated letter T.

As part of the process of making a reproduction of a medieval manuscript, I paint details onto an illuminated letter T.

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Have you ever wondered what color is? In this first installment of a series on light, Colm Kelleher describes the physics behind colors-- why the colors we see are related…

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There are three types of color receptors in your eye: red, green and blue. But how do we see the amazing kaleidoscope of other colors that make up our world? Colm Kelleher…