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The oldest reading room at the Bodleian Library, in Oxford.
libraries

The Oldest Treasures From 12 Great Libraries

We asked some of our favorite libraries: What's the oldest item in your collection?
Sarah Laskow October 26, 2017
Two pages from the Luneborch Prayer Book, a rare 15th-century illuminated manuscript that was mysteriously returned to the George Peabody Library 40 years after it had gone missing.
libraries

The Saga of a Long-Lost 15th-Century Illuminated Prayer Book

The Luneborch manuscript vanished, and was lost for decades only to reappear again in a mysterious package.
Vittoria Traverso October 25, 2017
Jeweled cover, <em>Lindau Gospels</em>, c. 875.
libraries

See the Most Luxurious Medieval Manuscripts in Existence

Feel free to judge these books by their covers.
Anika Burgess October 12, 2017
Karpeles Manuscript Library.
Duluth, Minnesota

Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.
The Bakhshali manuscript.
science

Found: The Oldest Example of the Symbol for 'Zero'

A manuscript full of nothings dates back to the 3rd or 4th century.
Sarah Laskow September 14, 2017
The manuscript is currently held at Yale University.
medieval

The World's Most Mysterious Medieval Manuscript May No Longer Be a Mystery

But we're not reading the Voynich manuscript quite yet.
Natasha Frost September 8, 2017
A long-fingered manicule on a manuscript from 1481.
medieval

For Centuries, Readers Annotated Books With Tiny Drawings of Hands

They were the medieval version of a highlighter.
Anika Burgess August 23, 2017
Shelves at the Brautigan Library
Vancouver, Washington

The Brautigan Library

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.
To transform an old man into a youth...
ancient

Defy Age Using a 3,600-Year-Old Face Cream Recipe With a Deadly Ingredient

The ancient Egyptians were far ahead of their time.
Sarah Laskow December 16, 2016
medieval

Found: An Ancient Mexican Codex-Within-a-Codex

Researchers used lightwaves to discover a hidden palimpsest.
Eric Grundhauser August 22, 2016
objects of intrigue

How One Man's Desire to Flaunt His Wealth Became a Book of Psalms

It provides a searing glimpse of the toils of medieval laborers.
Urvija Banerji May 24, 2016
A monk examines a newly digitized manuscript.
manuscripts

The Ancient Thai Manuscripts Now Available To Read Online

Thousands of works of literature, law, and history have been brought out of their temple homes.
Cara Giaimo March 30, 2016
Stockholm, Sweden

Codex Gigas (The Devil's Bible)

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.
<em>Idea dell'Universo</em> Vincenzo Coronelli, Italy, 1683.
maps

An Illustrated Guide to Space Maps

Thousands of years of attempts to understand our place in the cosmos.
Jeremy Berke and Cara Giaimo May 25, 2023
The Timbuktu Manuscripts showing both mathematics and astronomy.
Timbuktu, Mali

Timbuktu Manuscripts

Ancient Manuscripts showcase the civilization of West Africans during the Middle Ages.