New scientific research confirms Irish provenance of manuscripts on loan from Switzerland, returning to Ireland for the first ...

But it was common to discard and repurpose old medieval manuscripts by the end of the 16th century as printing became popular and the true value of the pages became their sturdy parchment that ...

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Western University's Archives and Research Collections Centre recently acquired two medieval neumes, which are some of the earliest forms of written music. Western music professor Kate Helsen says the ...

By Jack Tamisiea Medieval scribes filled volumes called ... 12th and 13th centuries in the Romanesque style, which placed the parchment between wooden boards fastened with thread and cord.

“Hardly any Latin books from medieval Iceland have survived. Due to their rarity, recycled parchment from disassembled Latin books is one of our most important sources in the history of medieval ...

The accidental discovery of seven medieval parchment fragments in a Bristol library led to a significant breakthrough about King Arthur mythology. A group of scholars from the Universities of ...

For instance, medieval inks had a lot of iron in them, so the ink would penetrate the parchment surface more deeply. So even when the ink was scraped away or faded over time, its molecular bonds ...

Consider all the work hours that would have gone into the production of one single medieval book in Europe. First, you would need good-quality animal skin for the parchment. For a manuscript of ...