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Books with furry covers are indicative of medieval monks’ role in international trade, researchers said. Lévêque, et al (2025) Royal Society Open Science At the end of the ninth century, a group of ...

And tucked into medieval Old Town and Georgian New Town ... Dean Village is home to the free Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the affiliated Modern Art Two. Princes Street Gardens ...