Archaeologists in the U.K. have found part of a rare 15th-century religious manuscript as well as other items spanning the centuries under the floorboards of a historic country house. “A page ...

Discovered in the 19th century, the Voynich manuscript uses “alien” characters that have long puzzled cryptographers and historians. Now, however, computing scientists at the University of ...

Let's hear a snippet from a 15th-century comedy act. JAMES WADE: If thou have a great black bowl in thy hand and it be full of good ale and thou leave anything therein, thou puttest thy soul into ...

Inky paw prints presumably left by a curious kitty on a 15th century manuscript. Photograph courtesy Emir O. Filipovic. Curious Cat Walks Over Medieval Manuscript.