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Historians discover the long-lost ‘Leaf 123’ of the Archimedes Palimpsest. The forgotten page was erased to make room for a medieval prayer
For over a century, a priceless piece of mathematical history has been hiding in plain sight. Deep within the archives of a ...
September 21, 2018 Part of one of the pieces of recycled parchment. Photo: Utrecht Archives Part of one of the pieces of recycled parchment. Photo: Utrecht Archives A search in the archives of Utrecht ...
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A new museum exhibit shows that medieval people were just as obsessed with their cats as we are today
A careless moment in a 15th-century workshop involving one curious cat walking across freshly inked parchment has turned into a rare time capsule of everyday medieval life. More than 500 years later, ...
Secrets Of Medieval Childbirth In 15th Century Parchment With a delicate technique that uses the crumbs from plastic eraser rubbings, scientists were able to identify biological marks on the fragile ...
An American bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in search of a bookshelf and vintage clothing has walked away with a 700-year-old treasure. The document featuring elaborate script in Latin has ...
A team of researchers led by Dr Sarah Fiddyment of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge have published results of their biomolecular analyses of one such ...
Scholars have long struggled with questions about when and where the majority of the thousands of painstakingly handwritten books produced in medieval Europe originated. Now a researcher is using ...
Secrets of medieval childbirth in 15th century parchment Wellcome Library blog The "birthing girdle" is covered with images such as the three nails from Christ’s crucifixion (left) and a cross with ...
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