Surprised by Time

Carpaccio, Harbor Drawing , composed of elements from various harbors, including Candia and Rhodes (and I think also Nauplion). London,...

An extraordinary diplomatic memorandum from 1418 gives a list of twenty complaints made by an ambassador of the Despotate, and tw...

Detail, Giovanni Bellini, Miracle of the Cross , 1500. It is difficult to find pictures of slaves who are not black.  A hundred ye...

Lotto , St. Barbara , detail. Last week, Surprised by Time looked at some of the laws in Methoni intended to maintain peace and qui...

Detached fresco, Berroia, Ag. Photida Late 14th-early 15thC. In March 1489, Ianni Dilalo, Vasili Pullisiano, and Nicola Capsocol...

Detail from 17thC icon of Ag. Menas Istituto Ellenico, Venice In March 1489, Petro Charzia, Antonio Varda, and Z uan Palamida, ...

Crete, by Piri Re'is  From July 1500 through August 1502, Bartolomeo Minio was Venetian captain of Crete, which meant that he had...