A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going on display for the very first time ...

A show at the Morgan Library & Museum centers on a popular travel compendium of the medieval era, filled with exaggerations ...

An extensive reference collection of more than 8,000 volumes on paleography, codicology, illumination ... The library possesses a collection of original medieval and Renaissance manuscript leaves and ...

One 15th Century manuscript compiled by a Carmelite friar, and translated from Latin, included a suggested infertility cure ...

Medieval manuscripts detailing unusual treatments – including ... wife of Henry VII and mother of Henry VIII. The richly illuminated book contains a copy of the Regime Du Corps, a guide to healthy ...

A rare medieval illuminated manuscript has been uncovered in a York convent's archive. Dr Hannah Thomas discovered the 15th-Century Arma Christi at Bar Convent while cataloguing the religious ...

and catalogues pertaining to medieval and Renaissance manuscript studies. All subjects are encompassed, but a primary focus must be manuscripts in their material aspects, including paleography, ...

Many are documented within handwritten medieval manuscripts dating back over a millenia—but some editions are far rarer than others. For example, less than 40 copies are known to exist of a once ...

The Cambridge University Library exhibition, Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World, showcases medieval manuscripts ...

Before the first printing press was invented in the 15th century, books had to be made by hand. It was the monks who were usually put to work making parchment and ink, writing out text, and ...

The Arma Christi is the centrepiece of a new exhibition at the Bar Convent Living Heritage Centre in York A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going ...