A fragile 13th century manuscript fragment, hidden in plain sight as the binding of a 16th-century archival register, has been discovered in Cambridge and revealed to contain rare medieval stories of ...

It is the only surviving fragment of a lost medieval manuscript telling the tale of Merlin and the early heroic years of King Arthur's court. In it, the magician becomes a blind harpist who later ...

Cats wearing clothes and playing musical instruments. These are part of a treasure trove of medieval animal illustrations that has taken the internet by storm. From listicles about "super ugly ...

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