An excavation at Oxford University has yielded ancient book clasps, medieval pens and imported fish bones, offering ...

Experts at the National Library of Norway believe the liturgical songbook was made by a local artisan around A.D. 1200.

Written in Estrangelo Syriac script, the manuscript gathers passages from the four Gospels used in the Syriac liturgical year ...

A recently discovered gospel likely written by women at the abbey of Essen in the 10th century could sell for more than $1 ...

A new study reveals that modern ideas about the Black Death’s rapid spread across Asia stem from a centuries-old ...

A richly illuminated Syriac manuscript dating back to the 13th century known as the Gospel of Qaraqosh was penned in A.D.

Scientists recently unearthed the remains of multiple academic halls at Oxford University — revealing new insights into the lives of students in the Middle Ages.

More than 100 booksellers will gather at the Hynes Convention Center Nov 7-9, offering everything from medieval manuscripts to rare first editions — plus, antique treasures under $100.

Greti Dinkova-Bruun is a Fellow and Library Director at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, and has been looking into medieval texts to find how frogs were depicted and used for ...

World News Live: Worker rescued from Rome medieval tower collapse dies in hospital Worker who had been pulled out alive after ...

As the medieval book trade declined, Oxford scribes had to turn their hands to other crafts to get by. A t its height ...