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

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

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

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

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 ...

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

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

Shreve Memorial Library is celebrating National Library Week with special events and programs through April 12. The SML Make ...

Post-apocalyptic adventures with human/animal hybrid children ...

Inside Ethel Mortenson Davis’ eighth book of poems by ESTELLA LAUTER Ethel Mortenson Davis’ eighth book of poems – The Woman ...

One of the legacies left by longtime outdoor writer Jeff Murray is that he's credited with being among the first to connect deer movements to moon phases. It's a topic that has always been somewhat ...

LLM contributor Kalpana Sunder checks in to this luxury safari lodge, perfectly situated to enjoy the flora and fauna of the ...