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

Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

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 ...

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in ...

C ity-building games offer players the chance to create, manage, and shape entire civilizations. Steam has become a hub for some of the best city-builder games in the industry, of ...

Sunny. High temperature around 81F. Dew point will be around 25F with an average humidity of 17%. Winds will be 7 mph from the SW. Clear. Low temperature around 58F. Dew point will be around 24F with ...