In the Bolin Village, Tsada County, Ngari Prefecture, western Tibet, Chinese archaeologists have discovered relics from the Guge Kingdom dating to the 11th century. The Buddhist relics are important for helping to differentiate art styles, and are closely connected to the culture of Tibet. Find out more in the article at China Tibet Online.

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In addition to the opening of the new Medieval and Renaissance galleries at the Victoria & Albert museum, there are several other museums and libraries around the world with something to offer medieval history enthusiasts:

• New museum of Islamic art in Qatar
  
  The Doha Museum, designed by I.M. Pei, offers items from 14 centuries of Islamic art. The article at CNN includes a video depicting the museum and some of its treasures.

• Spanish religious art exhibition is free at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
  
  The exhibition Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World is on view through January 3. Though most of the art is from the 17th century onward, it still speaks to Spain's medieval Catholic heritage. Check out the museum's web page on the exhibition.

• The Cleveland Museum of Art acquires historic treasures
  
  Works include a Yuan period painting: "Shakyamuni Triad: Buddha Attended by Manjushri and Samantabhadra," which you can see a small image of in the article by Steven Litt of the Plain Dealer at Cleveland.com.

• Restaurant at the John Rylands Library offers medieval dishes
  
  Created from recipes in the 14th-century cookbook, The Forme of Cury. Check out the article by Auslan Cramb at the Telegraph, or the feature by Liz Hull at the Daily Mail, which includes several tasty photos.

• Portrait of the Doge in Ukrainian museum may be by Titian
  
  Technical tests confirm that the painting's canvas matches the historical period and the paint is like that used by Titian, but art history experts have yet to examine the work and offer their conclusions. BBC News has an article with a photo of the portrait.

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For years, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London housed one of the greatest (if not the greatest) collections of Medieval and Renaissance art and artifacts in the world -- but few people could see any of it, because most of it wasn't on display. Today, after extensive reorganization and design, the V&A unveils its new Medieval and Renaissance galleries. Supported by the Bonita Trust and designed by MUMA (McInnes Usher McKnight Architects) in collaboration with the V&A's curators, the galleries display more than 1800 objects from 300-1600 C.E. together for the first time.

This is clearly the kind of collection it would take years to fully explore, so if you're fortunate enough to be in the London area, head over to the V&A and get started. If you're anywhere else on the planet, you can enjoy parts of the collection by visiting the Medieval and Renaissance section of the V&A website. There's also some fascinating details about what the galleries have to offer in the glowing review by Richard Dorment at the Telegraph.

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A 15th-century silver disc used to connect the leather jesses attached to a hawk's legs has been confirmed as treasure. An inquest at Dunstable Coroner's Court heard how the piece was discovered by Mr. Wilde on property in Eaton Bray belonging to Mr. French in 2007. The disc, known as a vervel, has the name Edward inscribed on it and may have belonged to Prince Edward, the son of Henry VI, or a different Prince Edward, the son of Edward IV.

Find out more in the item at Dunstable Today.

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