Medieval book covers previously thought to be made from deer or boar skin are actually made of sealskin from northern regions ...

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some manuscripts, rather than skins from the local boars and deer ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has ...

Medieval codices were written on pieces of parchment made of ... narrow down which pinniped species eight of the skins came from, pinpointing harbor, harp and bearded seals. Additionally, they were ...

In the daylight Oh Mother, you are love and you are light But at night you transform into a medieval knight Armoured with slippers, broom in your hand Ready to conquer your rightful household ...

On April 5, 1862, Guinness formally registered the harp as its official symbol, long before Ireland even had its own government. The first Guinness labels featuring the now-iconic harp were ...

A fragile 13th century manuscript fragment, hidden in plain sight as the binding of a 16th-century archival register, has been discovered in Cambridge and revealed to contain rare medieval stories of ...

Madhya Pradesh will enforce a liquor ban in 19 religious cities and areas under specific gram panchayats, including Ujjain and Omkareshwar, beginning ...

For the rest of my 66 hours, I experienced near-perfection, an RPG whose mechanics, characters, and world-building are intrinsically tied together to create a modern day medieval epic. KCD2 is ...