Researchers told CBC News the use of seal skins as a book binder starts around the 12th century with the creation of a French abbey — or monastery — by Bernard of Clairvaux, a monk responsible ...

And it's very typical from the 12th and 13th century," Élodie Lévêque said Friday. "Paper didn't exist at the time, so it's all made with parchment. So skin, leather, and it's also made of wood." ...

Brother Cadfael, the 12th century monk who stars in Ellis Peters’ medieval mysteries, is a most unusual but thoroughly delightful “detective.” He also has proven extremely popular; “The ...

12th century French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be ...

His team of archaeologists was led to San Vincenzo by the life work of a 12th-century monk known only as Johannes who compiled a detailed history of his abbey known as the Chronicon Vulturnense.

It took a team of stonemasons two years to put in place 200 newly cut and reclaimed stones in the Monks' Garden wall at Durham Cathedral. The conservation work began in 2022, which meant one side ...

The Monks' Garden became enclosed when the Galilee Chapel was built in the 12th Century and was used by novice monks in their leisure time. After the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th ...

And it's very typical from the 12th and 13th century," Élodie Lévêque said Friday. "Paper didn't exist at the time, so it's all made with parchment. So skin, leather, and it's also made of wood." ...

This book is among nearly 100 found in France by researchers at the University of Cambridge to be bound with seal skin. The books belong to a French monastery from the 12th century. (Matthew ...