Employees noticed unusual layers of dust on the shelves and then saw that holes had been burrowed into some of the book spines.

Exhibit in the US city of Baltimore shows how mercury, arsenic, lead and orpiment were used to illustrate and bind books ...

A Walters Art Museum exhibit entitled "If Books Could Kill" looks at deadly minerals used to make illuminated books.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. But who knew that books could kill?

The Lagina brothers: net worth & biggest finds We all think we know everything there is to know about Rick and Marty Lagina, but there are still some questions that remain to be answered.

Archeologists just discovered remains from a medieval village while renovating a major highway in England. Finds at the site include spearheads, decorative buckles, a bone flute, pottery, metal ...

Was this woman the Cersei Lannister of medieval London? Ela Fitzpayne was a powerful aristocrat who offended the Archbishop of Canterbury and was ordered to do a "walk of shame." She may also have ...

Chivalry, craftsmanship and chaos: Inside Qld’s thriving medieval scene They walk among us as colleagues, neighbours, teachers and friends. They might not tell you, but they are part of one of ...

NEED TO KNOW A reenactment at Bodiam Castle in England went wrong on Sunday, June 29 In an incident police are calling an "accident," a 37-year-old man dressed as a knight was engaged in a mock ...

Making the medieval book techniques of production : proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the Seminar in the History of the Book to 1500, Oxford, July 1992 edited by Linda L. Brownrigg ...