A pint of Guinness is customary when traveling to Dublin, but so is a visit to one of its many literature-themed attractions. A city synonymous with the written word, this UNESCO City of Literature is ...

800-year-old notebook and fancy silk toilet paper discovered in medieval latrine in Germany 1,200-year-old gold hoard discovered in Saudi Arabia may have been buried by a medieval pilgrim 'Extremely ...

The text is a mysterious medieval marvel. A new book claims to know its true origin. A page from the Book of Kells, ninth century illuminated manuscript. This page shows the Virgin and child, an ...

Writing in the early 20th century, the celebrated author James Joyce noted that the Book of Kells—an illuminated manuscript depicting the four gospels of the New Testament in Latin—was "the most ...

Writing in the early 20th century, the celebrated author James Joyce noted that the Book of Kells – an illuminated manuscript depicting the four gospels of the New Testament in Latin – was “the most ...