In the early Middle Ages, Irish monks transported an important collection of texts to continental Europe. Written during ...

The discovery of rare music inside a medieval book has brought the sound of monks back to an abbey for the first time in 500 ...

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Hundreds of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding light on a booming trading system, according a new study.

Books with furry covers are indicative of medieval monks’ role in international trade, researchers said. Lévêque, et al (2025) Royal Society Open Science At the end of the ninth century, a ...

Books with furry covers are indicative of medieval monks’ role in international trade, researchers said. Lévêque, et al (2025) Royal Society Open Science At the end of the ninth century, a ...

Books with furry covers are indicative of medieval monks’ role in international trade, researchers said. Lévêque, et al (2025) Royal Society Open Science ...

Rare medieval music, discovered within a 15th-century book, will resonate through Buckland Abbey in Devon this August, ...

The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115.

Books with furry covers are indicative of medieval monks’ role in international trade, researchers said. Lévêque, et al (2025) Royal Society Open Science At the end of the ninth century, a ...