(CNN) — So you want to live like you’re from the Middle Ages? Well, maybe that’s not a common aspiration, but nevertheless, it’s a subject that’s become Olivia M. Swarthout’s expertise. Swarthout is ...

It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal skins. The hides of deer and goats were used, as were those of boars. But a new analysis of 16 manuscripts held in a French abbey has ...

Attention bibliophiles and antiquarians: did you know that some old manuscripts are downright deadly? In modern society, it’s entirely safe to browse through books, but for centuries, flipping through ...

Interest in the book of hours has being growing steadily, thanks to the volumes’ sumptuous illustrations, and the rich insights they provide on life in the Middle Ages. By Alec Scott As she tells it, ...

Over the centuries, perhaps no volume of poetry has claimed the devotion of so many people across the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and also inspired the creation of artistic ...

The Book of Kells is a richly illuminated manuscript created by Celtic monks around the 8th or 9th century. It contains the ...

We tend to accept at face value the glamorous claims of today’s exotic travel ads, however untrue they sometimes turn out to be. But how trustworthy were the alluring illustrations and evocative ...