This Spring I am having following lectures for Seniors at various Third Age Universities: On March 18th: a lecture at the City Library in Wieliczka. On March 20th lecture at the University of Agriculture in Krakow. On April 3rd: lecture in Wieliczka. See you there!
Our lady of the Plague
Almost obligatory decoration for market squares in the former Habsburg monarchy is so called Plague Column, in most cases late-baroque. They were erected after plagues, and we may find a many examples of such monuments in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, or Silesia (in Poland) and most of them date…
Mysterious Prince of Scribes
Since many years now I have a pleasure to run lectures during calligraphy & illumination workshops provided by Barbara Bodziony. Obviously, those lectures focus on medieval manuscripts. Medieval books’ lovers usually are familiar with particular 12th century miniature, depicting monk working in scriptorium, inscribed as a portrait of scribe called…