The nostalgia cycle rarely rewinds this far, but some things are just timeless, like maximalist detail, slow craftsmanship and weird little guys.

Panel from a Casket with Scenes from Courtly Romances, 1330-1350 or later, Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund ... toppling the categories of old and new, and suggesting new ...

Not only did it look like medieval manuscripts that Sideri ... After he sold it in 1942, art dealers disassembled the 700-year-old manuscript and resold it piece-by-piece. Its pages steadily ...