Surprised by Time

Archer. Detail from Mantegna , St. Sebastian.  Louvre. ca. 1475. From Cyriaco of Ancona, 5 July 1445, Cydonia, Crete. To ...

Text of the 1433 poem to Cleofe, in Marciana Gr Z 533 (coll. 778)  f. 48b, a collection of personal documents put together by Bessario...

Bessarion's villa (possibly) at Rome near the Via Appia. In Bessarion's letter about arrangements for  Zoe, Andreas, and ...

Washcrow and Her, courting, early March. It's been a very satisfactory year for crows, beginning in March when we were able to ...

Early in 1465, Thomas Palaiologos directed that his children be sent from Corfù to Italy. He had gone to Italy in the winter of 1460....

Whenever my parents were separated, starting with when they became engaged to be married, my father would sometimes decorate the envelopes ...

Six months ago I offered a chapter from my unfinished  Villehardouin   novel. Here is the first chapter of that effort. It is 3-4 times the...