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As politicians worldwide scramble to appeal to working people, this city in northern England has a claim to be the birthplace ...
They are typically artifacts from within the last century that get misplaced for a few decades. This book in particular was donated by a family with close ties to the surgeon who anatomized Corder ...
An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...
The books belong to a French monastery from the 12th century. (Matthew Collins) New research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on the use of seal products across Europe during the middle ...
A fragment of manuscript found in the book binding of a 16th-century archival register was actually a famed King Arthur sequel series. University of Cambridge For centuries, the stories of King ...
The German-speaking expansion includes approximately ... "Say an author goes on a book tour, shows up on a podcast, now what we're doing is bringing author's book into the now playing views ...
The books belong to a French monastery from the 12th century. (Matthew Collins) New research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on the use of seal products across Europe during the ...
Researchers told CBC News the use of seal skins as a book binder starts around the 12th century with the creation of a French abbey — or monastery — by Bernard of Clairvaux, a monk responsible ...
NEW YORK – A Wednesday night at Lofty Pigeon Books in Brooklyn is an introverted reader’s dream with cushioned chairs, ambient music, snacks, books and – for an hour – absolutely no talking.
Covering books in human skin is known as anthropodermic bibliopegy. Books were often created in the 19th Century to punish executed prisoners or by doctors who wanted a keepsake. Deary ...