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The stories are part of a French sequel to Arthurian legend, and its binding was repurposed in the 16th century ...
Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales ... as they were individually handwritten by medieval scribes, and fewer than 40 copies are known to exist.
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In medieval novels, Merlin the Magician was far stranger than he appears in modern pop culture. Archivists have discovered new stories about him.
The inside of the front cover of the property record, a repurposed fragment of a 13th- or ... of a 16th-century property record, making it almost impossible to study the medieval text without ...
The 13th century was eventful for the people of Medieval Russia ... Then he gives up and draws himself as a mounted knight defeating an enemy. He signs (or perhaps labels) the drawing with ...
See treasures Researchers from the Cambridge University Library discovered part of a 13th-century manuscript “hidden in plain sight” in the binding of another book, according to a March 25 news ...
Experts think the objects either got lost or were deliberately hidden during the medieval period. The knight ... or 12th century. The finding is valuable for experts as locating pre-13th century ...
The Bishop of Ely built a house at Shipdam during the 13th-century reign of Henry III. “This form of medieval ring, with a principal cabochon stone, usually a sapphire, surrounded by smaller ...
A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.
From Arthur’s birth to his ascension to king and eventually his presumed death, medieval writers told ... Library discovered part of a 13th-century manuscript “hidden in plain sight” in ...