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Historians from the University of Cambridge recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document that depicts the stories of King Arthur and Merlin, with its preservation considered a miracle.
Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some ...
“It was first thought to be a 14th-century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old ...
A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound ... The hair-raising 13th century reads were previously thought to be bound with local boar and deer skin, the report states.
Construction workers dug inside a museum in Croatia and stumbled upon the remnants of a historic structure. Take a look.
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 ...
See treasures Researchers from the Cambridge University Library discovered part of a 13th-century manuscript ... the University of Cambridge. “The medieval fragment was discovered in 2019 ...