(RNS) Floor tiles from Chertsey Abbey in England, the subject of a new exhibition, resemble Muslim and Byzantine silks that crusaders brought back as souvenirs.
Carmen Acevedo Butcher teaches writing at UC Berkeley. Her translations include The Cloud of Unknowing (Shambhala), God of Mercy: Ælfric’s Sermons and Theology (Mercer University Press), and Practice of the Presence: A Revolutionary Translation (Broadleaf).