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

A bibliometric analysis of medieval manuscript colophons reveals that at least 1.1% of manuscripts from 800 to 1626 CE were copied by female scribes, totaling over 110,000 texts, with about 8,000 ...

It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal skins. The hides of deer and goats were used, as were those of boars. But a new analysis of 16 manuscripts held in a French abbey ...

In 2023, a medieval comedy routine was found within the pages of a 15th-century text called the Heege manuscript in […] ...

Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed to page through the Pearl-Manuscript, a singular bound volume from the 1300s containing the earliest versions of the masterly medieval poem "Pearl ...

“Each manuscript copy of a medieval text, handwritten by a scribe ... guided into court by a white dog. Charmed by his music, Arthur agrees to the strange man’s even stranger request: to ...

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.

The Psalter, widely regarded as one of England’s most significant medieval manuscripts ... the sights and sounds of medieval England. The music, combined with the stunning visuals of the ...