National Museum of Ireland's St Gallen exhibition highlights historical links between Irish missionary and Switzerland ...

In the work of artists I admire, all the training and discipline come out in an act of letting go: a splotch of ink, a ...

A Wicklow author has been announced as the KPMG Book of the Year winner for her debut novel Fia and the Last Snow Deer at the ...

At the Morgan Library, 15th-century illuminated atlases embody the medieval appetite for wonder and myth.

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The Remarkable Books exhibition at The Guildhall, Bath reveals rare books and fine bindings, including a Kelmscott Chaucer ...

For centuries, scholars, codebreakers, and historians have tried to unlock its secrets – and failed. In this video, we dive into the enigma of the Voynich Manuscript, a beautifully illustrated book ...

These 8 books sound innocent, poetic, or even romantic until you open them and realize the title was the biggest lie. Nothing ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Pope Leo XIV has announced his motto and coat of arms – a long-held tradition for those in the ranks of bishops, cardinals and popes. The choice of symbols and words reflects the ...

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and ...

It’s a treasure trove of rare manuscripts, some never on show before. The well-thumbed and sometimes illustrated tomes ...

The Book of Kells, the 9th-century illuminated gospel manuscript ... time built into the itinerary and stroll through the narrow streets of this beautiful, medieval town. But it’s in Galway, after ...