Scholars have speculated for centuries about the meaning behind the 15th-century codex and its peculiar illustrations ...

Historians from the University of Cambridge recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document that depicts the stories of King Arthur and Merlin, with its preservation considered a miracle.

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

It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal skins ... Not so, the new research found. Upon scrutiny, the authors of the paper, published in Royal Society Open Science ...

A piece of parchment wrapped around a 16th century volume of property records has turned out to be a treasure beyond archivists' wildest dreams.

“It was first thought to be a 14th-century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old ...

A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going on display for the very first time. The 15th-century Arma Christi was found in a shoebox filled with leaflets ...

The extensive use of these skins does not appear to follow a hierarchical criterion: manuscripts of varying content and value ... they of the networks that brought them from distant lands? Medieval ...

A long-lost Biblical passage, buried for nearly 1,500 years, has surfaced through the lens of ultraviolet technology. The ...

The research team found that all the books they tested ... the biomolecular identification of pinniped use in medieval manuscripts, Royal Society Open Science (2025). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.