More than 500 years ago, while a medieval scribe was carefully copying a religious manuscript by hand, a cat walked across the pages while the ink was still ...

It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal skins. The hides of deer and goats were used, as were those of boars. But a new analysis of 16 manuscripts held in a French abbey has ...

A new study has revealed that nine out of every ten Irish manuscripts from the medieval era have been lost forever. A team of scholars from Ireland, Britain, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and ...

Some dragons popped up in the latest summer course led by history instructor William Campbell and two colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. The fanciful creatures are among ...

To "doodle" means to draw or scrawl aimlessly, and the history of the word goes back to the early 20th century. Scribbling haphazard words, squiggly lines and mini-drawings, however, is a much older ...

William Noel: 'It was an extraordinary adventure to read the thoughts of a guy who lived over 2,000 years ago. In the field of old books nothing gets more romantic than that' - Weidenfeld and Nicolson ...

Those who study human culture must grapple with what amounts to an incomplete data set, since researchers are limited to poring over the books, manuscripts, paintings, sculptures, and other artifacts ...

The exhibition 'The Fantasy of the Middle Ages,' opening June 21, traces the connection between centuries-old, hand-written books and the knights, wizards and mystical creatures in film and TV today.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure. Instead of a kitchen ...

To “doodle” means to draw or scrawl aimlessly, and the history of the word goes back to the early 20th century. Scribbling haphazard words, squiggly lines and mini-drawings, however, is a much older ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bargain hunter who ...