The "romance" of Alexander the Great is a unique illuminated codex on his life and was the most widely-read romance in the ...

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

Concordia, a monumental stained-glass installation by internationally celebrated artist Sir Brian Clarke, was unveiled at Bahrain International Airport by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al ...

Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some ...

The silver Kiddush cup, an object used to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays, evidences medieval Jewish communities in ...

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

The Emirates Libraries and Information Association (ELIA), along with the Sharjah Institute for Heritage, hosted a cultural ...

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 West’s Eurocentric version of scientific history omits some of the most important events that shaped modern thinking.