News

E VER SINCE the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered by Bedouin shepherds in the 1940s, debate has raged over their exact age.
Since their discovery, the historically and biblically hugely important Dead Sea Scrolls have transformed our understanding ...
A pristine medieval Hungarian codex, once completely unknown, has been discovered by cultural figure Örs Orosz — a rare find ...
New scientific research confirms Irish provenance of manuscripts on loan from Switzerland, returning to Ireland for the first ...
The works on display comprise a visual and historical tour through sacred art and portraits from the Renaissance and Baroque ...
In time for Shavuot, the country also welcomes another centuries-old unique manuscript, the Shem Tov Bible, which too was ...
The medieval Spanish manuscript showcasing Jewish law, mysticism, and art is now on exhibition at the National Library of Israel.The post Shem Tov Bible returns to Jerusalem for public display ...
Stories retelling the birth of the Virgin Mary reveal that the Church was more forgiving of infertility than the general ...
The Shem Tov Bible, a stunning 14th-century manuscript created by the renowned kabbalist Rabbi Shem Tov ben Abraham Ibn Gaon, ...
From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the mediaeval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the ...
Exactly a century after rumours of his death turned ... Berkeley, where the manuscript is in a vault, will release the first volume of Mark Twain's autobiography. The eventual trilogy will run ...
His Highness also reviewed some of the important manuscripts by Arab scholars, such as Ibn Khaldun,a scholar from the 14th century; Ibn Al Wardi, a historian from the 14th century; Mohammed bin Dhafer ...