The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

Bahr undertook a complete re-examination of the tome, complete with spectroscopic analysis and mathematical investigation, to ...

Some of our knowledge about the Pearl-Manuscript is quite new: Spectroscopy has revealed that the volume originally had simple line drawings, which were later filled in with colored ink.

The stories are part of a French sequel to Arthurian legend, and its binding was repurposed in the 16th century ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) literature professor Arthur Bahr experienced one of the most memorable moments of his academic career. At the British Library, he had the privilege of ...

Before the first printing press was invented in the 15th century, books had to be made by hand. It was the monks who were usually put to work making parchment and ink, writing out text, and ...

MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed to page ...