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It’s not a large exhibition, but it’s a versatile one, covering medieval bookmaking technology and science, the social lives ...
One 15th Century manuscript compiled by a Carmelite friar, and translated from Latin, included a suggested infertility cure ...
Dubrovka venit ad Miskonem’ (Dąbrówka arrives at Mieszko’s court) – a manuscript with these words, dating back a thousand ...
The oldest known 'Divan' (a collection of poetry or collected works) of the Turkish poet and great thinker Yunus Emre has been brought to light through ...
A 15th-century manuscript shows trees bearing (clockwise from top left): sweet apples, jujubes, lemons, cherries, dates, and sour apples. By 7,000 years ago, people in New Guinea were cultivating ...
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What Is the Voynich Manuscript?
History is full of manuscript books, scriptures, and codex collections that are preserved in historical institutions for ...
“We’ve translated many of the recipes on display.” One 15th Century manuscript compiled by a Carmelite friar, and translated from Latin, included a suggested infertility cure to help a woman ...
A LICE Franklin’s debut novel, Life Hacks For A Little Alien, tells the story of a neurodivergent girl growing up in the ...
One 15th Century manuscript compiled by a Carmelite friar, and translated from Latin, included a suggested infertility cure to help a woman to conceive. It said: ‘Take three or four weasel ...
The 15th-century Arma Christi was found in a shoebox ... This is a whole new bit that you haven't yet seen," said Dr Thomas. The manuscript, thought to date from about 1475, is one of only 11 ...
A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going on display for the very first time. The 15th-century Arma Christi was found in a shoebox filled with ...