Tucked within the hilltop campus of the University of Coimbra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Biblioteca Joanina is a ...

The medieval town of Mougins is only a 10-minute stroll away or a quick ride via shuttle service.

A medieval tapestry conveying an 11th-century tale of Norman conquest may have surprising origins, according to a new ...

It’s been a great year for reading! Early in the year, much-anticipated additions to popular series, like “Sunrise on the ...

Entertainment writer Ed Balint ranks the best of 2025. From Stark County's celebrity dog to Niko Moon in downtown Canton to ...

Now well over 800 years old, the Codex Gigas is one of the most impressive artifacts from the Medieval period of Europe.

The National Library of Israel is displaying a rare 14th-century manuscript of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah for the first time as part of its permanent exhibition. The illuminated volume, copied in ...

By: Mary Dzon, University of Tennessee Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside ...

Life in many medieval towns revolved around constructing a cathedral, a massive undertaking that took generations of work by everyone from artists and architects to prisoners of war. Work in ...

King Alfonso X "the Wise" (b. 1221) was a noted scholar who pioneered the translation of Arabic and Andalusian astronomical works into vernacular Castilian. His multicultural court was active in ...

In The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco describes a labyrinthine monastic library large enough to lose oneself in. The novelist didn't mention how many books filled its rooms, but John O. Ward of the ...

Tucked away on the fourth floor of Rush Rhees Library, the Rossell Hope Robbins Library is home to a non-circulating medieval studies collection with a quiet but unmistakable presence. It houses rare ...