The largest surviving family-owned library of medieval manuscripts in Britain can now be enjoyed by everyone thanks to the publication of a new book telling its fascinating story.
Other
Dec 16, 2010
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The pages of author Frances Hodgson Burnett's manuscript of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" -- separated for nearly a century -- have been reunited in Princeton University's Firestone Library.
Other
Nov 5, 2010
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The polished prose of Emma and Persuasion was the product of an interventionist editor, an Oxford University academic has found.
Other
Oct 25, 2010
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Irish scientists have found fragments of Egyptian papyrus in the leather cover of an ancient book of psalms that was unearthed from a peat bog, Ireland's National Museum said on Monday.
Archaeology
Sep 6, 2010
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(AP) -- Two parts of an ancient biblical manuscript separated for centuries are going on display together for the first time.
Archaeology
Feb 26, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A rare - and possibly unique - text describing a Jewish exorcism has been discovered by a scholar of medieval Jewish studies.
Archaeology
Dec 16, 2009
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About 800 pages of the world's oldest surviving Bible have been pieced together and published on the Internet for the first time, experts in Britain said Monday.
Internet
Jul 6, 2009
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As a consequence of overseas discoveries, early modern scientists faced serious information overload. The sheer amount of exotic, hitherto unknown species reaching the shores of Europe forced naturalists to reconsider the ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 16, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A freshly-discovered document highlighting negative attitudes towards Robin Hood has been deciphered by an academic at the University of St Andrews.
Other
Mar 13, 2009
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Google "Edward the Confessor" and you'll get page after page of links to biographies of this 11th-century English king, to Westminster Abbey, which he founded and where he is buried, and to the Magna Carta, which was partly ...
Computer Sciences
Feb 10, 2009
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