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 ...

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

A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away ... in the journal Royal Society Open Science. The hair-raising 13th century reads ...

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Meet a schoolboy who needs help with some big decisions, join a group of friends on a trip to the seaside, head off in stormy ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from ... and “perhaps Barents-White Sea region”. The findings suggest the Cistercians were linked to wider economic circuits ...

which feel reminiscent of the old style of romance covers, but they are still in bright colours which don’t allude to the dark nature or themes of the books”. Emily believes that “all books ...

A viral video on social media has brought the issue into focus, accusing private schools of operating like shopping malls-prioritising profits over education ... cover pages of these books ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...