However, in 2022, before Fontaine and his research team were able to draw any conclusions, the manuscript was sold at an ...

A recent study by Dr. Alar Läänelaid and his colleagues has provided new insights into the creation of the oldest dated ...

Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed to page through the Pearl-Manuscript, a singular bound volume from the 1300s containing the earliest versions of the masterly medieval poem "Pearl ...

The collection spans over 500 years, showcasing artistic traditions of Islamic dynasties from Spain to Indonesia.

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed to page ...

A new study uses digital tools to analyze nearly 1,000 Syriac manuscripts from the British Library, focusing on how scribes ...

For centuries, an intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan register.

Writers are always looking for good ideas. Five years ago, Boo Walker, a novelist who now lives in Cape Elizabeth, had an ...

The "Dead Sea Scrolls" exhibit, announced at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, features ancient Jewish ...

The exhibit featured books telling the Passover story from many centuries and regions of the world, encouraging visitors to ...

A fragment of manuscript found in the book binding of a 16th-century archival register was actually a famed King Arthur ...