In a fascinating discovery, the cover ... manuscript. This unexpected revelation serves as a reminder not to underestimate the value hidden in seemingly ordinary objects. Recently, a team of ...

Case in point: a treasure trove of lost letters ... inspected the cover of a 16th century property record, they realized it was made of pages repurposed from a medieval manuscript.

After retrieving the letters ... a book by its cover. When library archivists at the University of Cambridge in England inspected the cover of a 16th century property record, they realized it was made ...

three researchers were able to decode the letters to uncover more about the queen’s secrets. Now, a separate new discovery adds weight to the old adage about not judging a book by its cover.

A rare sequel to the legendary tale of Merlin and King Arthur was found on a medieval manuscript that had been stitched together and repurposed as a book cover. Researchers from the University of ...

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.

The manuscript is part ... in as the binding for an old book. "The manuscript had survived the centuries after being recycled and repurposed in the 1500s as the cover for a property record from ...