From the 1400s up until the 1700s, it was common for book binders to recycle parchment to create new books, leaving behind fragments of text from the original book hidden within the bindings. While ...

Oftentimes, we are preoccupied with the contents of a book rather than the book itself. The phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is preached as a metaphorical reminder not to be quick to judge ...

Scientists have unveiled 6th century texts hidden within bookbindings of manuscripts that were made by recycling medieval parchments. By fusing two imaging techniques - visible hyperspectral imaging ...

Researchers have uncovered the writings inside a medieval manuscript using a new imaging technique. The book was a copy of Greek poet Hesiod's Work and Days printed in Venice in 1537, and it has two ...