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Centuries-old books — with hairy covers — were bound with animal skin in France
The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...
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"It took a decade to write this book, grappling with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime." Patti Smith announces new memoir Bread of Angels
Patti Smith has announced a fourth memoir, Bread of Angels, to be published on November 4. The publication date is described ...
R. Crumb helped invent modern comics, but we haven’t known much about his life … until now
Reared in Delaware by a World War II Marine vet prone to domestic violence and a mother lost to amphetamine addiction, Crumb ...
Meet the designer behind the look of the 21st-century book
In an industry ruled by #BookTok trends, Rodrigo Corral has become the publishing industry’s go-to designer by creating an ...
The Skin on Mysterious Medieval Books Concealed a Shaggy Surprise
The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.