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A cat left paw prints on the pages of this medieval manuscript when the ink was drying 500 years ago
More than 500 years ago, after dedicating hours to the meticulous transcription of a crucial manuscript, a Flemish scribe set the parchment out to dry—only to later return and discover the page ...
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Scholars Found a Lost Medieval Masterpiece Sitting on a Shelf in a British School Library
The book is Emendatio vitae —The Emending of Life—written in the 14th century by Richard Rolle, a Yorkshire hermit and mystic ...
A 19th-century novel for a 21st-century war — Why Panteleimon Kulish’s ‘Black Council’ still matters
This story is part of the "Hidden Canon" – a special series celebrating Ukrainian classic literature and aiming to bring it ...
Riding the runaway success of Heated Rivalry, Rachel Reid is returning fans to the ice: The bestselling author announced that ...
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