Two years ago, MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed to page through the Pearl-Manuscript, a singular bound ...

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Why so many medieval manuscripts feature doodles – and what they reveal Through making their mark, ephemeral humans were inscribing themselves into the book's eternal living history ...

Although unique, the Voynich Manuscript’s plant images resemble those found in alchemical herbals—manuscripts produced in northern Italy during the 15th century for physicians and pharmacists.

The rare medieval manuscript revealed live comedy sketches of entertainers in Middle Ages Britain. Dr Wade's study is published in The Review of English Studies journal on Wednesday.

Cambridge University researchers found a manuscript with rare Arthurian tales bound into a ledger more than 400 years old and used advanced technology to reveal its contents.