A document stolen from the Paraguayan archives in the 1990s was recently returned to the country after a bookstore placed it up for auction.

It’s not a large exhibition, but it’s a versatile one, covering medieval bookmaking technology and science, the social lives ...

They are popular not just for their literary value but for their price tags. These books are priceless pieces of history.

Less than 40 copies of the Arthurian story Suite Vulgate du Merlin are known to exist. One was just found, binding together ...

Historians from the University of Cambridge recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document that depicts the stories of King Arthur and Merlin, with its preservation considered a miracle.

The answer may lie with the British Royal Navy. Since its inception in the 16th century, the navy served three regular meals to align with the shipboard routine. This included a simple breakfast ...

Aaron Taylor-Johnson has won his battle with the local council after excavating a lake at his 16th century farmhouse, and has even won praise for it 'attracting birds'. The Brit actor and his ...

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 ...

A rare medieval illuminated manuscript uncovered in the archive of a York convent is going on display for the very first time. The 15th-century Arma Christi was found in a shoebox filled with ...

The team has left the manuscript in situ as a record of 16th-century binding techniques, instead deploying non-invasive, high-tech methods to digitally unravel it, in collaboration with the ...