One of the most amazing accomplishments of Byzantine monasteries was the miraculous preservation of ancient Greek treasures ...

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Ancient, repurposed parchments reveal hidden and forgotten traces of Iceland’s history. Iceland has a long and rich literary ...

"In addition to sagas, eddic poems, and skaldic verse, scientific literature and political treaties were also written in Iceland during the Middle Ages," Lorenz said. Books and texts from this ...

Only exclusive calfskin was used to make parchment in Iceland. Calfskin parchment is called vellum, and it took dozens of ...

In the Middle Ages there was no rational doubt that humans were created only male and female,’ one scholar said.

Investigating the lost literary history of Iceland reveals religious upheavals and clever forgeries, new research has ...

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Isidore of Seville preserved knowledge in the ‘Dark Ages’, earning him the title of patron saint of the internet. His work ...