Predating the Aztec Empire, Merton College Library in Oxford has been used by everyone from celebrated 14th-Century mathematicians to JRR Tolkien.

Members of the Harvard community gathered yesterday in the Barker Center to celebrate the inauguration of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, a new translation series produced and distributed by ...

St. Gregory offering his book to Bishop Leandro, miniature from Commentary on the Book of Job, from the Abbey of Citeaux. France, 12th century. This post is in partnership with History Today. The ...

It wasn’t easy to find a specific book on library shelves in the Middle Ages. The spine title had not yet been invented, and the books weren’t published in standard sizes. But readers didn’t have to ...

A collection of medieval English manuscripts that had been in private hands is on exhibition for the first time in the United States at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in a special, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Season 7 premiere of 'Game of Thrones' made it abundantly clear why real libraries of the Middle Ages put chains on their ...

There are grand libraries, and then there is the Abbey Library of St. Gallen. Inside a Benedictine monastery in eastern Switzerland, this Baroque masterpiece holds around 160,000 volumes, including ...

PANNONHALMA, Hungary (AP) — Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could ...

Join us for a special opportunity to see a number of medieval manuscripts temporarily on loan from the Newberry and discuss their interpretations. This event is hosted by the Medieval Research Group ...

Panel Proposal for the 37th International Congress on Medieval Studies Libraries evolved continuously throughout the Middle Ages. Yet, which forms did this evolution take? Which influences contributed ...

It is like taking a step inside the restricted section of the Hogwarts' library - rows and rows of chained up books and manuscripts line the tall wooden shelves secured in place on thick metal rods.

Bodleian acquires rare box dated to late 1400s, saying it reveals preoccupation with accessing information on the move is centuries-old Somewhat less portable than today’s mobile information devices, ...