Henry VIII’s shutdown of England’s monasteries is remembered for what it wrecked, including many of the books those religious ...

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Nearly 600 medieval manuscripts from two German monasteries are now available to explore online, following the completion of a six-year digitisation project. The collections preserve texts ranging ...

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Within the Convent of La Merced in Soria, Spain, UC Berkeley professor emeritus Charles Faulhaber stood shoulder-to-shoulder ...

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LONDON.-The British Library has announced it has acquired five exceptional medieval manuscripts from the private library at Longleat House. The manuscripts provide fresh insight into different areas ...

Alarm about declining interest in books is perpetual. But, as bookselling reaches unexpected heights, James Daunt, the chief ...