In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in a protective outer layer made from the hairy hides of local land ...

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

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

A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding ...

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

Beginning in 2018, all books listed in RMEMC are also part of SMEMC. Although Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture and Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture have historically focused ...

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 ...

The first complete look at the social status and daily life of medieval ... Europe, where women were not subjected to strict limitations based upon conceptions of modesty, as was the case in Muslim ...

By Alan Yuhas Torn, folded and stitched, rare tales of Merlin shapeshifting into King Arthur’s court and Sir Gawain gaining power from the sun were bound into a book of property records from the ...

Based upon extensive archaeological and historical research, including the study of bones and DNA, armor and art, the book ... medieval horses generally, in Britain, understood within its wider ...

Beginning in 2018, all books listed in RMEMC are also part of SMEMC. Although Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture and Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture have historically focused ...