Tucked into a nook outside of the gallery, the exhibit carried gravitas: It made me feel as if I were fighting an epic, medieval duel in Middletown. Once my friends and I had equipped ourselves with ...

It’s not a large exhibition, but it’s a versatile one, covering medieval bookmaking technology and science, the social lives ...

The University of Cambridge even included a translated passage from the book, which painted a vivid scene of life in medieval England. "While they were rejoicing in the feast, and Kay the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Medieval books were often bound with sealskin, as revealed by biocodicological analysis. Initially believed to be made from local animal skins, chemises were ...

Matthew Collins In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in a protective outer layer made from the hairy hides of local land mammals, such as deer or boar. But in some instances ...

The Clairvaux Abbey in Champagne, France, holds nearly 1,500 medieval books written by scribes of the Cistercian Catholic religious order. Mystery ‘hairy’ material used to make handcrafted ...

amongst a whole other top stars stands out as one of the best medieval times movies and here are some reasons why. The movie has a lot of top notch realistic scenes and ideas. Most prominent of ...

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Science is helping researchers judge books by their covers — and revealing surprising beneficiaries of medieval trading routes in the process. Dozens of rare, fur-covered volumes from 12th and ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin. By Jack Tamisiea Medieval ...