Traces of livestock diseases from thousands of years ago have been discovered in parchment used to make books in medieval ...
Student researchers analyzed this leaf from a Book of Hours (left), a devotional Christian manuscript that dates to the 15th century. The students found traces of French cursive writing beneath the ...
The fragments shed light on Guernsey's literary culture during the late medieval period. University of Kent Researchers on Guernsey have identified 17 fragments of medieval manuscripts, offering a ...
Books did not preserve only letters. They also retained, intact, the history of infectious diseases that spread with livestock as wool production expanded thousands of years ago. That is because the ...
Analysis of stained c. 500-year-old manuscript provides direct evidence of wear and use during childbirth. Birthing girdles are thought to have been used in medieval society to protect the wearer ...
At NC State University, an English professor is searching for clues from the past. He’s looked back as far as the eighth century, knowing that lessons learned from medieval texts could benefit modern ...
Learn about the preparation and use of parchment paper in medieval Europe. The last remaining master animal-skin parchment maker in the world demonstrates how paper was made in medieval Europe (and ...
At NC State University, an English professor is searching for clues from the past. He's looked back as far as the eighth century, knowing that lessons learned from medieval texts could benefit modern ...
Childbearing in medieval Europe was a highly perilous time with considerable risks for both mother and baby. Difficulties occurring during childbirth or through postpartum infection, uterine prolapse ...
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These medieval manuscript fragments were reused as parchment, inadvertently preserving them for centuries
Researchers on Guernsey have identified 17 fragments of medieval manuscripts, offering a fresh look at the island’s literary and intellectual life. Located in the English Channel, roughly 30 miles off ...
Childbearing in medieval Europe was a highly perilous time with considerable risks for both mother and baby. Difficulties occurring during childbirth or through postpartum infection, uterine prolapse ...
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