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When library archivists at the University of Cambridge in England inspected the cover of a 16th century property record, they realized it was made of pages repurposed from a medieval manuscript.
“Although AI-generated images often have a highly finished and rendered quality, I am yet to see an AI-enabled book that offers consistency of style and design throughout," writer and ...
covering medieval bookmaking technology and science, the social lives of books and contemporary conservation science. It also explores the life stories of the book illustrators who suffered from ...
Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another book, according to experts at the Cambridge University Library in England.
This story could be done with basically any set of medieval characters. It’s well-structured, but you’ve read this story several times. There’s signs that things will pick up as the book ...
12th century French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers ... The find highlights the extent of medieval trade.
So last week, a group of researchers who were studying a set of medieval books published their findings. They had been looking into the material used to make the books' covers. MARY LOUISE KELLY ...
More than structural necessities, these endpapers serve as prime real estate for maps, engravings and illustrations, particularly in children’s books. The end of A.A. Milne’s The World of Pooh ...