For the last 25 years, UNESCO has been celebrating May 3 as World Press Freedom Day. The aim of the Day, declared by the UN General Assembly in 1993, is that of celebrating and highlighting the principles…
The Church celebrates today the feast day of Saint George. Being one of the most popular and venerated Saints in Christianity, George is also very frequently depicted in many medieval manuscripts: although many are the…
"Last Supper", historiated initial "C", cutting from a Florentine Gradual, ms. M.653, no. 4 (II.25), between 1392 and 1399, Pierpont Morgan Library, Department of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, New York. The illumination we present on…
To celebrate Women's Day, Folia Magazine decided to offer a brief in-depth analysis of one of the most important female figures of medieval culture: Christine de Pizan. Christine was born in Venice in 1365. Her father Tommaso was a professor of…
On February 20, 1816, Gioacchino Rossini's most famous opera, The Barber of Seville, premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. Its libretto being written by Cesare Sterbini and based on Pierre Beaumarchais's 1775 comedy Le Barbier de…
Judenstern preserved at the Jewish Museum Westphalia of Dorsten, Germany. Leggi l'articolo in Italiano On January 27, 1945, the Soviet Red Army entered Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp. With the opening of the lager gates -…
The Church celebrates today, on January 6, the feast day of the Epiphany. Although the name, from the Greek ἐπιφάνεια ("manifestation"), indicates its origin as a celebration of the revelation of God incarnate as Jesus Christ, Western…
Folia Magazine wishes a Merry Christmas to all our followers and their loved ones! "Nativity", illumination from the "Book of Hours, use of Rome", ms. Egerton 2045, f. 82r, c. 1460 - c. 1470, British…