Researchers told CBC News the use of seal skins as a book binder starts around the 12th century with the creation of a French abbey — or monastery — by Bernard of Clairvaux, a monk responsible ...

The books belong to a French monastery from the 12th century. (Matthew Collins) New research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on the use of seal products across Europe during the ...

The books belong to a French monastery from the 12th century. (Matthew Collins) New research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on the use of seal products across Europe during the middle ...

Samson appears to have lived near the end of the period covered by the Book of Judges, placing him probably in the 13th or 12th century. Samson’s battles against the Philistines were not conventional ...

A 12TH-CENTURY Greek lectionary that was donated to a village church in 1948 cannot be sold without a faculty, the Consistory Court of the diocese of Southwark has ruled. In his judgment, the Diocesan ...

Behind the doors of Baia Gallery’s space for private collections, the exhibition ‘Collection—XX Century. Avant-garde and Modernism ... To visit this exhibition is to walk through a map of a hidden ...

Contrast to the present state of Islamic dominance, Kosovo and its neighboring countries all have rich Christian traditions tucked into their long history. In the 12th century, Kosovo served as the ...

Restoration of the 15 temples dating back to the 11th and 12th century is on, with plans to put the forested site on the state's ecotourism map Listen to Story 15 ancient temples found in Madhya ...

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.

which provides people the chance to see county maps from as early as the 19th century, according to the Library of Virginia. In a social post from the Library of Virginia on Sunday, April 6 ...