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 leaflets ...

The Codex of Türi, a 15th-century Latin-German dictionary, has been studied from every angle. Its oak covers, long overlooked ...

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 ...

and the manorial economy to reexamine the transformation of medieval power. Highlighting the relationship of archives and power, it draws on the rich documentary sources of five of the largest ...

More than a millennium after they were carried abroad for safekeeping, a collection of early Irish monastic manuscripts is returning to Ireland for a landmark exhibition at the National Museum in Dubl ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Monasteries were places where monks lived. Monks devoted their lives to God and doing his work. They also provided ...

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A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.

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 ...