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A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars.

A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious Islamic tents were used to conceal altars in medieval European churches, ...

Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realizing it ... From the 9th century, Popes often donated Tetravela (altar-curtains) to churches and papal records reveal that ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the results of tests conducted in recent days and Monday indicate the ...