Historians from the University of Cambridge recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document that depicts the stories of King ...

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

Weasel testicles, stargazing and royal remedies feature in an exhibition on our ancestors’ quest to cure everything from ...

P art of a 13th century manuscript containing rare stories about Merlin and King Arthur has been discovered at Cambridge University Library. The remarkable text had been repurposed as binding for a ...

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

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

Contemporary artists are reclaiming picture frames and transforming them into sites of storytelling, history, and embodied ...

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

A show at the Morgan Library & Museum centers on a popular travel compendium of the medieval era, filled with exaggerations ...

A fragile 13th century manuscript fragment, hidden in plain sight as the binding of a 16th-century archival register, has been discovered in Cambridge and revealed to contain rare medieval stories of ...

From Egyptian jewellery to 15th century armour to medieval illuminated manuscripts, old masters and exceptional contemporary design - Tefaf, Europe's principal fine arts fair, really has something for ...