Workers unpack a box containing the remnants of an ancient Chinese silk manuscript at Beijing Capital International Airport on Sunday before delivering them to the National Administration of ...

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Yet, recent cases involving rare books and ancient manuscripts have exposed critical vulnerabilities within these respected institutions, causing lasting damage to their reputations. Norway’s ...

When library archivists at the University of Cambridge in England inspected the cover of a 16th century property record, they realized it was made of pages repurposed from a medieval manuscript.

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another book, according to experts at the Cambridge University Library in England.

In terms of ancient, indecipherable books, no manuscript matches the sheer mystery of the Voynich manuscript. This ancient text, filled with strange and fantastical illustrations of unidentified ...

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 ...

“There are less than 40 surviving manuscripts of the Suite Vulgate du Merlin,” Cambridge notes, “with each one unique since they were individually handwritten by medieval scribes.

Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales of King Arthur and Merlin – and its survival is considered a miracle. The discovery was announced by the University ...

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 ...