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Medieval Andalusian Courtly Culture discusses the unicum manuscript of the Hadith Bayad wa Riyad, the only illustrated manuscript known to have survived for more than eight centuries of Muslim and Arabic-speaking presence in present-day Spain. The manuscript is of paramount importance as it contains the only known surviving version, both in terms of text and of image, of the love story of Bayad wa Riyad.

This study will place this manuscript within the context of late medieval Mediterranean courtly culture, offering:

• an annotated translation into...

Recent research into the texts, practices, and visual culture of late medieval devotional life in western Europe has clearly demonstrated the centrality of devotions to Christ's Passion. The situation in Castile, however, could not have been more different. Prior to the final decades of the fifteenth century, individual relationships to Christ established through the use of "personalized" Passion imagery simply do not appear to have been a component of Castilian devotional culture.

In Imagining the Passion in a Multiconfessional Castile, Cynthia Robinson argues that it is...

Each chapter begins with a scripture, followed by a short story, and concludes with a powerful message. The stories were created to illustrate or teach truth. Although they are fictional, they could have happened. For example, Chapter Five: Abstruse is about three men (a professor, a dentist, and an anesthesiologist). They met while attending a sport training camp. The men just happened to have a common interest in climbing, hiking, and mountaineering. They realized that climbing Mount Everest was on each one of their to-do list. At first when they arrived, the men sat motionless, watching...

Seven III is the third printed work in a series called Seven--a collection of continuous writings inspired by God and his Word, the Bible. The book is a fiction novel, with seven chapters that are part of a flow of a continuing storyline. In the most unique way, the book's narratives give readers a good look at the uniqueness of Christian faith. In her creative writing, Cynthia Denise demonstrates how the power from on high provides the means for us to accomplish everything we are chosen to do.

Seven III is the third printed work in a series called Seven--a collection of continuous writings inspired by God and his Word, the Bible. The book is a fiction novel, with seven chapters that are part of a flow of a continuing storyline. In the most unique way, the book's narratives give readers a good look at the uniqueness of Christian faith. In her creative writing, Cynthia Denise demonstrates how the power from on high provides the means for us to accomplish everything we are chosen to do.