Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some ...

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in ...

A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding ...

Part of a 13th century manuscript containing rare stories about Merlin and King Arthur has been discovered at Cambridge ...

Medieval book covers previously thought to be made from deer or boar skin are actually made of sealskin from northern regions ...

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

“It was first thought to be a 14th-century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old French Vulgate Merlin sequel, a different and extremely significant ...

It was first thought to be a 14th century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old ...

The silver Kiddush cup, an object used to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays, evidences medieval Jewish communities in ...

Despite the upheaval in that era, Medieval Russians went about their business, and bored kids, including one named Onfim, ...