And it's very typical from the 12th and 13th century," Élodie Lévêque said Friday. "Paper didn't exist at the time, so it's all made with parchment. So skin, leather, and it's also made of wood." ...

Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales of King Arthur and Merlin – and its survival is considered a miracle. The discovery was announced by the University ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an underground structure at the Binnenhof in The Hague, revealing some of the oldest structural remains of the historic site, dating back to the 13th century, the ...

A scientific analysis of dozens of 12th- and 13th-century books found in European monasteries reveals they were bound in sealskins procured by Norse traders from as far away as Greenland.

One basis for this suggestion is that Muksus appears to have been active in the first quarter of the 12th century BCE. This ties in very well with the dating of the Sea Peoples. They do appear in ...

See treasures Researchers from the Cambridge University Library discovered part of a 13th-century manuscript “hidden in plain sight” in the binding of another book, according to a March 25 ...