The reason so many knights did battle with snails in the margins of medieval manuscripts remains a mystery (Credit: The British Library) The pages of medieval books are stalked by a ferocious ...

Why medieval manuscripts are full of doodles of snail fights. ... According to Mr. Killacky, the battle with the snail is first seen in a colored manuscript produced in northern France around 1290.

Scholars may have an authentic manuscript of a medieval comedy show — and it's pretty funny The Cambridge historian who identified this 15th-century manuscript compares its humor to Monty Python ...

It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal skins. The hides of deer and goats were used, as were those of boars. But a new analysis of 16 manuscripts held in a French abbey ...

A miraculously preserved, rare 13th-century document illustrating the tales of King Arthur and Merlin was recently discovered by University of Cambridge historians.