Trinity College Dublin’s Old Library will close for restoration and construction in 2027. What does that mean for the medieval manuscripts and books housed there? Yvonne Gordon In the Old Library at ...
CORRECTION: A photo caption in an earlier version of this article gave incorrect information about Barbara Heritage’s job. She is the director of collections, exhibitions and scholarly initiatives at ...
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 wipe out centuries of history.
Old books can be beautiful to look at. But handle with care — they just might be toxic. The covers of Victorian-era books are already known to sometimes have pigments that contain toxic heavy metals ...
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — If you love books, you can now go check out an incredible piece of history at the Burton Barr Library in Phoenix! A team of researchers, including Arizona State University ...
NEWBURYPORT — The Friends of the Newburyport Public Library announces that the 48th Great Old Book Sale will take place Wednesday, Oct. 22, through Saturday, Oct. 25, in the library’s program room.
A Colorado woman was decluttering, when she found something that had belonged to her grandmother: “Shakespeare’s Life of King Henry the Fifth.” By Victor Mather When a copy of Shakespeare’s “Henry V” ...
Thousands of historic books are in jeopardy over a massive bug infestation that could annihilate centuries-long of historical records. The Pannonhalma Archabbey in Hungary is a Benedictine monastery ...
On a chilly March evening while out for a walk with his dog Sparky on the North Side, Robert Miller came upon some books scattered on the sidewalk. Even in the dim light, Miller could see that these ...
The Nazis seized tens of thousands of books from the Jewish Theological Seminary in Budapest, but the works are making their way back, including one being returned in New York this week. By Catherine ...