Members of the Harvard community gathered yesterday in the Barker Center to celebrate the inauguration of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, a new translation series produced and distributed by ...

A collection of medieval English manuscripts that had been in private hands is on exhibition for the first time in the United States at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in a special, ...

James Pierpont Morgan, if not rolling in his grave right now, may be shifting uncomfortably: many books from his very own collection of medieval manuscripts are on display at his very own library, ...

PANNONHALMA, Hungary (AP) — Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could ...

Join us for a special opportunity to see a number of medieval manuscripts temporarily on loan from the Newberry and discuss their interpretations. This event is hosted by the Medieval Research Group ...

It is like taking a step inside the restricted section of the Hogwarts' library - rows and rows of chained up books and manuscripts line the tall wooden shelves secured in place on thick metal rods.

St. Gregory offering his book to Bishop Leandro, miniature from Commentary on the Book of Job, from the Abbey of Citeaux. France, 12th century. This post is in partnership with History Today. The ...

In the center of the room, under glass, a Hebrew Bible lies open to the Book of Psalms. Gold leaf glimmers on the borders; red dragons grasp a blue shield while green and blue birds perch on curling ...

Parchment fragments discovered in bindings of much later volumes reveal ‘subtle but significant’ variations on Arthurian legend Fragments of a medieval manuscript telling the story of Merlin, which ...

The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for 1,300 years. The church bells were silent and much of the city was still ...