An international team of researchers uncovered medieval graffiti in the Last Supper Hall at the Cenacle of Jerusalem, revealing a variety of inscriptions, coats of arms, and drawings. The research ...

Castle season has officially opened in Czechia. Our guide will help you explore some of the country's most phenomenal ...

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

In order to unify education programs and protect religious education from the influence of China, India is going to launch its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month.

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, carved into ...

The manuscript, first discovered at Cambridge University Library in 2019, has now been identified as part of the Suite Vulgate du Merlin, a French-language sequel to the legend of King Arthur. The ...

On March 29, the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library hosted UBC classical Persian literature Professor Dr. Alexandra Hoffmann for a free talk on “Bizhan and Manizheh,” a Farsi story from ...

Family trips to the monastery only took place twice a year due to the length of journey by road from Belfast. On the eve of his ordination, a telephone call was made to a shop off the Falls Road ...

The exhibition is staged at The Ragged School in London, and its grounding in the medieval and gothic comes from Gallacher’s interest in deconsecrated monasteries, and the proportions and practices ...

A rare Medieval bishop's ring found by a metal detectorist has been sold for £19,000 at auction. The gold ring, which has a central hexagonal cabochon sapphire with two emeralds and two garnets ...

Shaftesbury Abbey was exceptionally wealthy making it an inevitable target when the monasteries of England were dissolved ... Image above: One of the largest fragments from the base of the Medieval ...