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Manuscripts

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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A library of only unpublished manuscripts.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...

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

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.

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.

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 Manuscripts

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