The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

The study found a strong trade network between Greenland Norse and French abbeys, linking Cistercians to broader economies, ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has ...

About 60,000 sandbags were used to protect immoveable royal and medieval tombs ... On VE (Victory in Europe) Day, 8th May 1945, short services of thanksgiving were held every hour in the Abbey from ...

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

Chanel’s signature monochrome palette — the brand’s emblematic black and white — also seems to echo the visual simplicity of ...

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.

Although Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture and Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture have historically focused on medieval Europe, we have expanded ... Paris atelier from the ...

Excavation work along the route of the Adare bypass unearthed a medieval treasure when a brooch pin dating back to the eighth ...

A HIDDEN treasure unearthed during preparatory work for the long awaited Adare Bypass will have pride of place in a new ...

From the ambulatory and crypt of the church of the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis ... by highlighting key objects in some of the most famous medieval collections in North America and Europe: Metropolitan ...

A brooch pin dating back to the eighth century has been discovered by archaeologists carrying out excavation work along the ...