Meet Christopher de Hamel, who has cataloged more medieval manuscripts than probably anyone else. Ever. Photographed in the Parker Library. Although I did manage to get some reading done during the ...

Since 1665, scholarly journals have served as written records of scientific advancement—static words on a page, references ...

Near the end of the 18th century, a Greek monk named Nikodemos was putting together a massive anthology of Byzantine texts on prayer and spirituality, which he would call The Philokalia. He lamented ...

This collection of articles published in npj Heritage Science derives largely from the posters presented at the ‘Manuscripts in the Making: Art and Science’ conference held in Cambridge, UK in ...

The National Library of Sweden has digitised 176 medieval manuscripts, making nearly 60,000 images freely available online.

St. Catherine’s Monastery, a UNESCO World Heritage site that’s located on rugged terrain at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt, houses the oldest continually operating library in the world, containing ...

Anyone who has peered over the soft vellum pages of an illuminated manuscript will have marveled over its intricate and colorful designs, which range from stylized floral borders to decorated initials ...