A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding ...

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

In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on April 9, 2025, author and translator Sarah Ruden joins us to discuss how translations can make historic works accessible to current society.

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 ...

Cuneiform, the oldest identified writing system, defied deciphering – until 1857. What happened then makes a terrific read, ...

When the former New York Times Paris bureau chief first set out to write a book about the most famous and largest museum in ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

With a new monograph publishing this month, the Japanese designer, at 83, discusses his pioneering technique, lifelong ...

While London boasts some of the most famous museums and art galleries in the world, the rest of the UK is blessed with so many other hubs of history, such as hyperlocal exhibitions, specialised ...