Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

Grotesque-style paintings featuring fantastical beasts and foliage, The Ashes, Cumbria, England. INGLEWOOD FOREST, ...

Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some ...

The silver Kiddush cup, an object used to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays, evidences medieval Jewish communities in ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

Castle season has officially opened in Czechia. Our guide will help you explore some of the country's most phenomenal ...

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A diverse group show on the broadly defined them of middle age(s) marks an auspicious debut for Roundabouts Now, a new ...

Scientists have determined the reddish-brown rock art found in a cave on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island is more than 44,000 ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Van Gogh Museum have staged the first show dedicated to Vincent van Gogh's Roulin ...

Over the centuries, works of medieval literature have become lost. Today, roughly 68 percent of chivalric and heroic works ...

Knights and ladies, castles flying pennant flags, sumptuous fabrics, and gleaming armor—these are some of the Middle Age ...