"This discovery has remained hidden for over 500 years, so we know people won't mind waiting a little longer to see it," said ...

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A rare medieval illuminated manuscript has been uncovered in a York convent's archive. Dr Hannah Thomas discovered the 15th-Century Arma Christi at Bar Convent while cataloguing the religious order's ...

A rare medieval illuminated manuscript has been uncovered in a York convent's archive. Dr Hannah Thomas discovered the 15th-Century Arma Christi at Bar Convent while cataloguing the religious ...

The vast majority of female scribes remain anonymous. Many likely worked in convents or lay workshops, their contributions ...

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A rare medieval scroll dating back more than 500 ... and had sat in an assuming box in the archives of the city’s Bar Convent, in Blossom Street, until recently. It is said to be one of the ...

A rare medieval scroll dating back more than 500 years has been discovered in York. The scroll, known as an Arma Christi, features the prayer poem O Vernicle and had sat in an assuming box in the ...