New research from the University of Cambridge sheds light on the use of seal products across Europe during the middle ages, ...

In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in the hairy hides of animals like deer or boar to act […] ...

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

They had expected something like boar or deer skin, but analysis of proteins brought the surprising discovery. "It turned out the fingerprints matched seal skin," Collins said. "You're talking ...