“People have been using grasses for enclosure for as long as people have needed enclosure,” says architect and designer Nicholas Potts. “It became inextricably tied to a distinct recent period in ...

Image Comics delves into the background of Medieval Spawn this coming Wednesday with the launch of a new four issue ...

French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not local cows or ...

Scientists have documented and analyzed 30 inscriptions and nine images marked onto the walls of the Last Supper Room in ...

News from Northumbria University that a medieval panel, discovered in the triforium in Hexham Abbey back in 2017, has been ...

Jeff Brazier is not the easiest man to pin down for a chat. His life involves “lots of travel”. A recent journey by the ...

Its huge cathedral is a traditional highlight – but a thriving food scene and beautiful surrounds help this small city punch ...

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL––According to a news release issued by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, an international […] ...

Megan Dorsey digitizes original black-and-white photos, stamps and advertisements from the 1800s, coloring in the hands so ...

Tang, K. , Tian, T. and Wu, Y. (2025) Gaze and Molding: A Perspective into the Image of China in the Rihla of Ibn Battuta. Open Access Library Journal, 12, 1-15. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1113319 .

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