The "romance" of Alexander the Great is a unique illuminated codex on his life and was the most widely-read romance in the ...

A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going on display for the very first time ...

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

A study of 16 Medieval manuscripts in Clairvaux Abbey in France found they were bound in a surprising material: sealskin.

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

This richly illuminated book contains ... up until the late 19th century. Medieval cures frequently blurred the line between magic and medicine. Many manuscripts contain charms and rituals ...

Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments have been revealed in a new exhibition at the Cambridge University Library. Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World looks at how medical ...

A team at the University of Bergen in Norway have determined that a minimum of 1.1% of medieval manuscripts from around 800 to 1626 CE were copied by female scribes, with a probable total ...

New research suggests that women were the scribes of at least 1.1 percent of manuscripts in the Latin West between 400 and 1500 C.E.

Emma Donoghue on her new novel inspired by the 19th century phenomenon of fasting girls plus how to shake hands with Illuminated Manuscripts with Christopher de Hamel Show more Medieval ...

The Arma Christi is the centrepiece of a new exhibition at the Bar Convent Living Heritage Centre in York A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going ...