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

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has ...

The most comprehensive study of medieval warhorses ever undertaken will be released in the form of a radical new book this week.

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 ...

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MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed to page ...

On Saturday, April 12 at 11 am, the Clark Art Institute presents "A History of Arcadia in Art and Literature," a talk by ...

A rare 1892 art book featuring Byzantine enamels, gifted only to royalty, continues to astonish with its beauty, ...

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

(MENAFN- The Conversation) In an increasingly polarised world, the arts and humanities play a key role in sustaining democracy . They foster critical thinking, open dialogue, emotional intelligence ...

Businesswoman Czeslawa Dalomis originally created a version for Falkirk, and is even seeing demand from as far as the USA.

Before the first printing press was invented in the 15th century, books had to be made by hand. It was the monks who were usually put to work making parchment and ink, writing out text, and ...