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Charlemagne, Rhine and Alsatian Wines: Riesling and Gewurztraminer
Reliquary Bust, Charlemagne, Aachen (Photo: public domain) By Patrick Hunt - Tradition and some evidence have it that Charlemagne (768-814) revitalized the...
Homeric Wine: Sicilian Wines Taste Like Sunshine Should in Taormina
Taormina's coastline with Mt. Etna (Photo P. Hunt 2012) by Patrick Hunt - When sailing wine dark seas is not an option, read Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s...
Order of the Golden Fleece
By Patrick Hunt - Golden Fleece Medallion (Photo in public domain) The Order of the Golden Fleece in late medieval Europe found its source in the old Greek myth...
C.S. Lewis and Oxford
Eagle and Child Pub, St Giles, Oxford (photo P. Hunt, 2012) By Patrick Hunt - C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) had a long half century of association with Oxford, commencing...
The Legacy of Verona Marble
By Patrick Hunt - Renaissance Faun Fountain of Verona Marble, Filoli Gardens, California (Photo P. Hunt 2011) One of the most important marbles of Italy has almost...
Campanian Wine from Vesuvius: Cantina del Vesuvio
Vesuvius Vineyard of Cantina del Vesuvio (Photo: P. Hunt, 2011) By Patrick Hunt - On the southern flanks of Mt. Vesuvius in Campania south of Naples, here seen above...
Palermo’s Medieval Mosaics Inspired by Sassanian Art
Mosaic vault from the Roger Rooms of the Norman Palace, 12th c. (Photo in public domain) By Patrick Hunt - In the Palazzo Normanni of Palermo, the uniquely famous...
The Role of Silenus and Isabella d’Este
By Patrick Hunt Silenus Majolica of Isabella d"Este, made by Nicola da Urbino, c. 1538, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Silenus is one of the most...
Goethe in the Roman Campagna and Its Antecedents
By Patrick Hunt Johann Tischbein, Goethe in the Roman Compagna, c. 1786, Frankfurt, Städelshes Kunstinstitut (photo in public domain) Along with his many other...
Plato’s Circle in the Mosaic of Pompeii
By Katherine Joplin Plato's Academy, Mosaic from Villa of T. Siminius Stephanus, Pompeii (photo courtesy of Branislav Slantchev) Although the literary...
