Medieval woman’s hidden art career revealed by blue teeth
About 1,000 years ago, a woman in Germany died and was buried in an unmarked grave in a church cemetery. No record of her life
16 January 2019
Gould Library hosts exhibit exploring medieval manuscripts
A new exhibit in the Carleton College Laurence McKinley Gould Library explores medieval manuscripts and how medieval peoples produced and derived meaning from word and
2 November 2014
Medieval reading lessons
While reading online, do you sometimes find yourself going from reading articles on, say, politics, to poetry, to humor? If so, your experience is rather
9 April 2013
Medieval library with chained books gets annual clean
It is like taking a step inside the restricted section of the Hogwarts’ library – rows and rows of chained up books and manuscripts line
17 January 2012
Gale Adds Medieval and Renaissance Works to British Literary Manuscripts Online
Gale, part of Cengage Learning announced the release of British Literary Manuscripts Online, Medieval and Renaissance, the second installment of the British Literary Manuscripts Online
23 January 2011
The five million ‘secret’ artefacts available for all to see
A librarian works quietly in an office people can only dream of. His daily work includes examining and looking after a steadily increasing collection of
14 January 2011
Treasure trove of medieval manuscripts published
The Wollaton Medieval Manuscripts… Texts, Owners and Readers is the culmination of a major research project at The University of Nottingham into this nationally important
15 December 2010
Bangor Pontifical doodles show us the middle ages were juvenile, too
On the reams of choral chants in this Welsh medieval treasure I spotted a scribble of a man with a big nose. Satire hasn’t changed
15 December 2010
Medieval book looted during war to go back to Italy
A 12th century manuscript will be returned to Italy from the British Library thanks to a new law governing artwork looted during the Nazi era.
16 September 2010
Digitising medieval manuscripts
The Manuscript Library at the Government Sanskrit College, Tripunithura, will soon be fully digitised with technical support from C-DIT. K G Paulose, former vice-chancellor, Kerala
3 August 2010
Getty Exhibition will Celebrate Pinnacle of Manuscript Illumination in France
History played such an integral role in defining national identity in France throughout the high Middle Ages that some of the finest illumination of the
1 August 2010
Experts gather to debate rare ancient manuscript
A priceless manuscript believed to have influenced the authors of the celebrated Magna Carta is to be shown to the public. The historic Textus Roffensis,
18 July 2010
Medieval Multitasking: Did We Ever Focus?
Maybe Nicholas Carr is right: the internet is just so much catnip in a world already filled with too many distractions. And, like any such
15 July 2010
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