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Less than 40 copies of the Arthurian story Suite Vulgate du Merlin are known to exist. One was just found, binding together ...
The stories are part of a French sequel to Arthurian legend, and its binding was repurposed in the 16th century ...
Part of a 13th century manuscript containing rare stories about Merlin and King Arthur has been discovered at Cambridge University Library. The remarkable text had been repurposed as binding for a ...
A groundbreaking three-year conservative project at Cambridge University Library restored a rare Merlin manuscript, despite the obstacles, “an extremely significant Arthurian text.” ...
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.
“It was first thought to be a 14th-century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old French Vulgate Merlin sequel, a different and extremely significant ...
In the reading room of the Cambridge Public Library, two murals face one another. The first is a triptych nestled within a ...
Apeike Umolu explores what the University Library’s latest exhibition can teach us about female healthcare in medieval ...
Dr James Freeman has supplied translations of their recipes next to the original manuscripts, as part of Cambridge University Library's Curious Cures exhibition. He said visitors would learn about ...
The Cambridge University Library exhibition, Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World, showcases medieval manuscripts detailing treatments ranging from the commonplace to the truly peculiar ...
Charles Darwin was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist - best known for his work on the theory of evolution by ...