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

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

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 ...

Lindy Li blasted CNN’s Jake Tapper’s upcoming book as "a slap in the face" to people who were scolded for questioning former ...

A recent study by Dr. Alar Läänelaid and his colleagues has provided new insights into the creation of the oldest dated ...

The writer, a former New York Times journalist who has lived in Paris for more than 20 years, aims to make the Louvre ...

Painter and illustrator Robert E. McGinnis, who created sexy posters for the James Bond franchise as well as numerous other ...

Associate Editor for The Prospect Gavin McLoughlin recaps his visit to the Princeton Public Library and what he witnessed ...

Researchers have discovered a manuscript of one of the oldest versions of the story of King Arthur. How did they find and decipher it?

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