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 ...

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 ...

Her research focuses on illuminated manuscripts, metalwork, and sculpture of Britain, Ireland, and the Continent in the early medieval period and on the ... she received an honorary Doctor of Letters ...

Technically the term “illuminated,” refers to “medieval manuscripts decorated not only ... how Jewish scribes were to write the holy letters of the bible in Hebrew. The unusual way the ...

This richly illustrated book showcases the medieval fascination with magic through 20 illuminated manuscripts; including an astronomical companion made for Charlemagne’s son, The Sworn Book of ...

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 ...