Shrewsbury will host a rare musical event, next month, when centuries old chants – silenced for almost a millennia – will be ...

Less than 40 copies of the Arthurian story Suite Vulgate du Merlin are known to exist. One was just found, binding together ...

The term is applied to radically different compositions across more than 1,000 years of history. We need a better definition.

It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal skins. The hides of deer and goats were used, as were those of boars. But a new analysis of 16 manuscripts held in a French abbey ...

Medieval manuscripts are rich sources of knowledge about the past — and not all of the information is written on their pages. Élodie Lévêque at Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris and her ...

With bagpipes, flutes, harps, and vielle, this talented ensemble will fill the castle grounds with music spanning five centuries. Look out for live performances throughout the day, including "Twenty ...

Composers in the Renaissance, and let’s not forget we are discussing a significant period of musical history from roughly 1400 – 1600, sought to struggle free from the restraints of Medieval music.

It is rare to find medieval manuscripts in their original bindings, but some from the 12th and 13th centuries have been preserved in Cistercian libraries such as Clairvaux and its daughter abbeys.

The extensive use of these skins does not appear to follow a hierarchical criterion: manuscripts of varying content and value ... they of the networks that brought them from distant lands? Medieval ...

By Jack Tamisiea Medieval scribes filled volumes called bestiaries with illustrations and descriptions of fantastic creatures. The manuscripts containing representations of these animals also ...

In this article, I will take a brief look at the key features of this fascinating period of musical history and hopefully inspire you to delve further into the treasure trove that is Medieval Music.

The display, "Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition," showcases a special collection of eight ancient Jewish manuscripts and 200 archaeological finds that date back over 2,000 years. Most notably, ...