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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Din l-Art Ħelwa launched the 26th edition of the International Music Festival at the charming medieval church of Santa Marija Ta' Bir Miftuħ in Gudja. Saturday 12 April at ...

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.

"A lot of people associate beer with men, but women were actually the first known brewers," says harpist Olivia Jageurs, of the classical trio Erda Ensemble, ahead of a night of music about lady ...

Oglesby Union turned into a Renaissance fair on Friday, April 4, as Club Downunder (CDU) gave its annual Spring Fling ...

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 ...

Works for voices, theorbo/tiorbino/ baroque guitar, bass viol, triple harp by Barbara Strozzi, Antonia Bemba and Hieryonymus Kapsberge Les Kapsber’girls/Albane Imbs (Alpha) ...

The new emoji list includes some items that some iPhone users might find helpful including a harp, a shovel, a leafless tree, and a root vegetable. NASA's astronauts shocked the world with their ...

Following up his two trio albums with Nixon, Croft, and Goretti (In Congruence, 2021 and Outside Agitators, 2024), pianist and composer Andrew Nixon has put forth a new piano/bass duo album along with ...