Washington, Jul 19 (PTI) Scientists have unveiled 6th century texts hidden within bookbindings of manuscripts that were made by recycling medieval parchments. By fusing two imaging techniques – ...

From the 1400s up until the 1700s, it was common for book binders to recycle parchment to create new books, leaving behind fragments of text from the original book hidden within the bindings. While ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the mid-16th century, a bookbinder picked up a piece of parchment — one that was already ...

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 ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals. Researchers identified its more distant origin. By Jack Tamisiea Medieval scribes ...

Old Gaelic manuscript had been re-used to bind a British book Reading matter: The ‘Avicenna Fragment’ bound to a 16th century book Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin. Photo: Emmet Curtin The ‘Avicenna ...

Oftentimes, we are preoccupied with the contents of a book rather than the book itself. The phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is preached as a metaphorical reminder not to be quick to judge ...