In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in the hairy hides of animals like deer or boar to act […] ...

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

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made ... The mammal was rarely depicted in medieval art, and neither did it hold a place in heraldry. “This lack of representation ...

This book makes an important contribution to scholarship in the ... Fliegel, the former Robert Bergman Curator of Medieval Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA). Authors of these essays, all ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin. By Jack Tamisiea Medieval ...

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 book comprises an introduction by Brantley and Perkinson; eight essays by scholars trained in the history of medieval art and/or medieval English literature, including Brantley and Perkinson; and ...