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It’s not a large exhibition, but it’s a versatile one, covering medieval bookmaking technology and science, the social lives ...
THE LARGEST EVER loan of historical manuscripts with Irish connections will be on display at the National Museum of Ireland ...
Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...
“There’s something different about seeing a medieval manuscript or rare book in person, rather than seeing it on a computer screen or in a printed book. That’s why the amazing resources at the library ...
"As every manuscript of the period was copied by hand, it means each one is distinctive and reflects the variations introduced by medieval scribes," the British university said. "The way the ...
It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal skins. The hides of deer and goats were used, as were those of boars. But a new analysis of 16 manuscripts held in a French abbey ...
Medieval manuscripts are rich sources of knowledge about the past — and not all of the information is written on their pages. Élodie Lévêque at Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris and her ...
It was subjected to various revisions during the Byzantine Empire, some of them recasting it into poetical form in Medieval Greek vernacular. According to researchers, the manuscript is a romance ...
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) has announced that it will be operating its train services using its heritage diesel fleet following a series of lineside fires. The heritage railway says that ...
It is rare to find medieval manuscripts in their original bindings, but some from the 12th and 13th centuries have been preserved in Cistercian libraries such as Clairvaux and its daughter abbeys.
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 ...
Antisemitism in predominantly Catholic Ireland has reached "medieval" levels, according to a study conducted in December 2024. Based on interviews with 1,014 Irish Christians, the study suggests that ...