The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin. By Jack Tamisiea Medieval scribes ...
Science is helping researchers judge books by their covers — and revealing surprising beneficiaries of medieval trading routes in the process. Dozens of rare, fur-covered volumes from 12th and 13th ...
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Monsters that appeared in medieval books and maps
Long before modern science, medieval travelers and scholars documented incredible creatures in their books and maps. From ...
Using CT scanning on 16th-century books, researchers uncovered bits of parchment salvaged from handwritten manuscripts. By Katherine Kornei Even in medieval times, recycling was in vogue: Bits of ...
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Yesterday, Director Richard Landes of the Boston University Center of Millennial Studies and author of "The Peace of God: Social Violence and Religious Response in France around the Year 1000" among ...
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