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When library archivists at the University of Cambridge in England inspected the cover of a 16th century property record, they realized it was made of pages repurposed from a medieval manuscript.

(CNN) — Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another book, according to experts at the Cambridge University Library ...

A new study reveals that female scribes played a far more significant role in medieval book production than previously thought. And their contributions have been hiding in plain sight.