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High-Tech Imaging Allows Researchers to Read Handwritten Medieval Arthurian Tales Hidden in the Binding of a Property Record
The stories are part of a French sequel to Arthurian legend, and its binding was repurposed in the 16th century ...
A surprising number of medieval scribes were women
First, researchers turned to an existing catalogue of Benedictine colophons, reviewing all 23,774 entries for linguistic ...