The new show at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery covers the late medieval age to the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Among the map’s key features is the depiction of Zhan-kent, referred to in Arabic sources as Al-Qariya al-Hadisa (New City), which served as the capital of the Oghuz state between the 8th and 11th ...

The Rohonc Codex is one of the most enigmatic manuscripts in existence, an illustrated book filled with hundreds of unknown symbols and strange religious imagery. Since its rediscovery in the 19th ...

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Cryptanalysts were unable to decipher the code, and it is still undeciphered to this day. The FBI even put out a request in 2011 to code-crackers around the world, asking if anyone could figure out ...

ASTANA – The Astana Times has curated a selection of articles from global media outlets covering Kazakhstan. This week’s ...

Special collections at Stony Brook, Adelphi and Hofstra are available for researchers, students and the public to study.

The collection of the National Center for Manuscripts and Rare Books has been enriched with a valuable historical artifact. The British Embassy has donated a copy of a map of Central Asia to the ...

Each night, the moon glistens in the night sky, replete with all sorts of meanings depending on the person viewing it. Poets ...

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Preface / Sir Colin Lucas -- Notes on contributors -- Chronology -- Abbreviations -- Introduction : from texts to collections / David Pearson -- The foundation collections. Henry VIII's library and ...

Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad approximately 1306-1344 Library Ibn Qudāmah al-Maqdisī, Mu%ammad ibn A%mad approximately 1306-1344 Library "In the late medieval period, manuscripts galore ...