Last month, the Spanish Supreme Court ordered the return of one of Spain’s great medieval treasures, the Sijena Murals, to their original monastery after nearly a century at the National Art Museum of ...

The Moors built dazzling mosques and palaces with intricate designs and calligraphy. Muslim Moors ruled Spain and Portugal for centuries and that civilization was a bright spot as much of Europe was ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Camel from the Church of San Baudelio de Berlanga, first half 12th century (possibly 1129–34), Fresco transferred ...

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