Imaging Reveals Medieval Manuscript Hidden in Book Binding. News. By Laura Geggel published 25 July 2017 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

By fusing two imaging techniques, researchers at Northwestern University have illuminated ancient Roman texts that had been hidden inside the binding of another book since the 1500s.

The medieval legends of King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, the knight Sir Lancelot, ... One person’s trash (or book binding) really might be another person’s treasure—even 750 years later.

After being hidden for centuries, the secrets within medieval manuscripts might soon come to light. By fusing two imaging techniques — visible hyperspectral imaging and x-ray fluorescence — an ...

In medieval Europe, some handcrafted books were bound with skin from an unexpected source: seals.A new analysis of ancient DNA found in medieval books from European abbeys reveals that these seals ...

Roughly 700 years ago, a French-language sequel to the legend of King Arthur known as the Suite Vulgate du Merlin became a "medieval best seller." Its first half tells the story of how Sir Gawain ...

Summers gives workshops in bookbinding for individuals, college students, and groups, including a Girl Scout troop from Westminster, and he and his wife have an antiquarian bookshop attached to his ...

Medieval texts hidden inside bookbinding uncovered Washington, Jul 19 (PTI) Scientists have unveiled 6th century texts hidden within bookbindings of manuscripts that were made by recycling ...

An early version of a raunchy medieval manuscript was being used as a book binding. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works .

There’s a photograph of a young Linette Withers, aged just seven or eight, staring at a medieval chains library in complete fascination. "I think if somebody had told me then that I could get ...

Medieval scribes filled volumes called bestiaries with illustrations and descriptions of fantastic creatures. The manuscripts containing representations of these animals also depended on a ...

In the mid-16th century, a bookbinder picked up a piece of parchment — one that was already centuries old — and used it to bind a book of poetry. This parchment's text remained unreadable for ...