The oldest book printed with metal movable type has been discovered in Korea, eclipsing the former record holder, the Jikji of 1377. The new discovery is dated from 1239 and is called the ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact ...

The Diamond Sutra is a sacred Mahayana Buddhist text whose teachings date back to the 5th century BC. Part of a series of sutras known as ‘the perfection of wisdom’, the book was translated into ...

Herschel Hepler was browsing Google Images to practice his paleography — the study of historical writing systems — when he stumbled up ...

With its historical relics, worn but sturdy wood reading table and hundreds of ancient books lining the walls, it’s easy to imagine friars hard at work in the Guardian Angels Friary Library.