Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

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

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

The study found a strong trade network between Greenland Norse and French abbeys, linking Cistercians to broader economies, ...

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...