A study of 16 Medieval manuscripts in Clairvaux Abbey in France found they were bound in a surprising material: sealskin.

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Medieval book covers previously thought to be made from deer or boar skin are actually made of sealskin from northern regions ...

Biomolecular analysis shows that unusual book coverings are made of sealskin, hinting at far-flung trade networks.

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An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

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The monks curated a vast manuscript and book collection at the Library of Clairvaux Abbey, a site in Champagne, France, founded in 1115. The group of 12th- and 13th-century works expanded to more than ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has ...

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