After a 39-year conservation process, the Lough Kinale Book Shrine is on view at the National Museum of Ireland.

Monk said on a recent episode of the podcast ... Like their total count, the official explanation remains elusive. Medieval art is laden with symbolism (including everything from colors, to ...

That’s where the internal, art historical evidence points ... New ideas and theories rise up frequently. Or, put another way, one should never count one’s penises too quickly.” Monk says ...

(The monks told him he wasn't cut out for it ... to be able to mix all these things together—love for medieval buildings, for art, for technology, for knowledge," Tallon says.

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection ... “The seal was rarely depicted in medieval art and did not hold a place in heraldry, which developed at that time.

It also remains unclear if the Cistercian monks knew that the fur they obtained ... The mammal was rarely depicted in medieval art, and neither did it hold a place in heraldry.