A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding ...

In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in a protective outer layer made from the hairy hides of local land ...

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 ...

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

Officially known as the Monastery of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, construction on the structure began in A.D. 1133 in northern Spain and was completed eight years later. It was inhabited by monks for ...

This stark Burgundian monastery was founded by St Bernard in 1119 ... CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 Dit Bourgondische klooster werd in 1119 gesticht door Bernard van Clairvaux. Met zijn kerk, klooster, refter ...

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 ...