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This late-medieval document is written in encoded text that has yet to be cracked. But its numerous illustrations provide clues about its content.
Digitising manuscripts may promise preservation and accessibility, but technology does not future-proof our access to the past.
The pages of The Book of Kells certainly contain some of the elements that have been used to identify drug use in modern and contemporary art.
The sheer quantity of data these processes will make available has significant ramifications for scholarship.
Snails were recognised in medieval times for their unusual strength, given that they were able to carry their home on their back.
Medieval monks recorded hundreds of lunar eclipses. Centuries later, their descriptions are helping scientists unravel the role of volcanoes in historical climate change.
Medieval manuscripts are littered with images of cats – sharing their owner’s dinner, keeping them company, and even cosplaying as nuns.
Piecing together the mystery of medieval chant books means studying hand-made objects from centuries ago.
In 1944, the former archbishop of Canterbury mounted a case to preserve the Italian abbey, renowned for centuries for scholarship and devotion, but Allied forces had just destroyed it.
A handful of manuscripts remain which give researchers valuable insights into medieval science.
Hotly-contested debates about the early or late canonisation of the Qur'an may be resolved by a recent discovery.
The handwritten manuscript of Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables (1862) – from which the blockbuster stage show and numerous movies ultimately descend – has arrived at the State Library of Victoria (its…
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PhD Candidate, Medieval Literature, Bangor University
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Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Volcanology and Geoscience Communication, University of Twente and Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Islamic History, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor in Medieval History, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Art History, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Musicology and Music Theory, Dalhousie University
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Postdoctoral research associate, Department of Music, Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie University
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Research Fellow, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature, Macquarie University
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Head of the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, University of Florida
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Assistant Professor in Medieval Literature and Director, Trinity Centre for the Book, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Research fellow, Australian Catholic University
