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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...