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

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

Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments – including an infertility cure made from weasels’ testicles – have been revealed in a new exhibition at Cambridge University Library. Curious Cures: ...

Listening. Masculinity. Medieval illuminated manuscripts are our key to European art for hundreds of years but also to political and social movements. Christopher de Hamel, keeper of possibly the ...

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.

Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments – including ... wife of Henry VII and mother of Henry VIII. The richly illuminated book contains a copy of the Regime Du Corps, a guide to healthy ...

A rare medieval illuminated manuscript has been uncovered in a York convent's archive. Dr Hannah Thomas discovered the 15th-Century Arma Christi at Bar Convent while cataloguing the religious ...

A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going on display for the very first time. The 15th-century Arma Christi was found in a shoebox filled with ...

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 ...