Porphyry And...

The blog of all things concerning The Porphyry Novels - a series of historical novels set during the Fall of Constantinople and the subsequent decades of the Fifteenth Century.

Thursday, 5 April 2018

Nicolo Barbaro, eyewitness to armageddon

"Her e begins the story of the siege of the city, and now there follows the battles from day to day, as shall be seen from what follow...

Thursday, 8 February 2018

The Council of Mantua, 1459

It's 1459 and newish Pope, Pius II is looking for a venue to launch his big idea: Crusade against the Turks. He'd like to h...

Thursday, 4 January 2018

The Cassone, queen of renaissance furniture and tiny art gallery

The coffer was the ubiquitous piece of furniture of the middle ages. From smaller strong boxes to larger chests, they came in all shapes an...

Thursday, 21 December 2017

A 15th Century Florentine-Byzantine Advent Calendar

The Procession of the Magi (or How the East was lost). A suitably Christmas theme for a late December post. The Procession of the M...

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