The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has ...

A commonly-used design for the Vatican flag, flown frequently even at the Vatican itself, contains a small but easily-noticed ...

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Unicorns are to return to Stirling Castle this weekend. The mythical animals will be on show the historic castle this weekend ...

Before the chemical-color inventions of the mid-19th century, colors could only be obtained through laborious treatments of often expensive substances. In 14th-century Florence, for instance, the ...

MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry shares some of the best free and cheap Easter days out and activities ...

Of all the mythical beasts conjured up by the creative minds of history, few are as well known as the unicorn. With the body ...

More private rooms in Palace House are opening for visits to Beaulieu this Easter for the start of the 2025 season.

Depth of nature exists amongst human-made debris which still litters far too many stretches of the River Irwell. A new ...

IT is perhaps unjust to Mr. Brown's very attractive and suggestive book to couple it with the wild and ignorant lucubrations of the Rev. J. H. Broome. Mr. Brown has collected his facts from the ...

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