Extremely rare medieval scroll discovered at York’s Bar Convent The best example of an Arma Christi ever discovered An unassuming box in the archives at York’s Bar Convent has yielded the ...

The writer is remembered, above all, for her ruthlessness. But when I went looking for it, I found something much more ...

On the night of July 1, 1839, 53 enslaved Africans revolted aboard the slaving schooner La Amistad – Spanish for “Friendship” ...

Library of Congress: The largest library in the world, located in Washington, D.C. The Library of Congress provides Congress with objective research to inform the legislative process, administers the ...

calling it “The Prettiest Library in India.” He also praised its collection of around 30,000 rare manuscripts in Pashto, Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, and Tamil, making it one of North India’s most ...

The two-day midwinter book sale at Fairfield's Pequot Library will feature performances from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame blues musician Mark Naftalin.

As a medieval historian and lover of all things rare manuscripts (an often overshadowed side of the art-market) I found talking to Mark about his work of handling these manuscripts on the daily - was ...

MYSURU: The Oriental Research Institute (ORI) of the University of Mysore, globally revered for preserving and publishing rare manuscripts and palm-leaf texts, has taken a monumental step towards ...

A remarkable set of 22 drawings reveal the faces of these rebels, providing a rare glimpse into ... these portraits were donated to Yale University’s Beinecke Library by one of Townsend ...

AhlulBayt News Agency: A rare Quran manuscript (Mus’haf, i.e. collection of sheets) attributed to Imam Reza (PBUH) was unveiled during the 41st International Quran Competition of the Islamic ...