Many historians believe that the origins of the Easter egg pre-date the Crucifixion of Jesus by the Romans 2,000 years ago.

On the other side stood large royal pavilions, which would have soared into the air with John’s standards depicting three lions embroidered in gold fluttering ... to put his seal to Magna ...

And why would such a community keep a list, etched in rare copper, of precious treasures of gold and silver—possibly ... a refectory and a scriptorium—medieval terms for the places where ...

Roger Dubuis has always been about balancing the intricacy of its code-breaking designs with the complexity of its movements, and this year’s 30th anniversary for the brand is being marked with the ...

The seal is inscriped "+ S' IOh'S ' DE : hEDENAM" in medieval Latin, which means the "Seal of John of Hedenham" A treasure expert is appealing for local historians to solve a mystery around the ...

French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not local cows or ...

A treasure expert is appealing for local historians to solve a mystery around the owner of a medieval seal matrix. The 13th or 14th Century silver matrix - used to stamp an impression on wax seals - ...

A treasure expert is appealing for local historians to solve a mystery around the owner of a medieval seal matrix. The 13th or 14th Century silver matrix - used to stamp an impression on wax seals ...

Did the monks really know they were using seal skins? Did they see them as symbols, offerings, or simply exotic materials? How aware were they of the networks that brought them from distant lands?

Science is helping researchers judge books by their covers — and revealing surprising beneficiaries of medieval trading routes ... monasteries are wrapped with seal skins that may have come ...