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 ...

TUCKED away in York is the oldest convent in the UK – and you can spend the night. The Bar Convent has been used as a place ...

Through careful transcription and historical performance practices, we can now experience these sounds much as they would have been heard in medieval monasteries and cathedrals long ago," said Skurat.

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 ...

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Medieval manuscripts are rich sources of knowledge ... bindings of twelfth- and thirteenth-century books from Cistercian monasteries in France, Belgium and the United Kingdom.