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

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

A Medieval trading network, namely the Hanseatic League, could feasibly have seen these hides reach Clairvaux Abbey, which is situated close to a land trading route and engaged with the Champagne ...

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 ...

High above the Abbey floor, the Galleries in the beautiful 13th century triforium display our greatest treasures and tell the story of our thousand-year history. The Galleries are in a medieval space ...

Melding together the spectral analysis and the history of the Abbey's medieval art collection has proved so helpful – and will be of enduring interest to many academics and interested observers." ...