A new online portal created by the British Library and Qatar Foundation features 25,000 pages of medieval Arabic manuscripts centered on the history of science. Bink Hallum, Arabic Scientific ...

The seal matrix dates to between 1250 and 1350, a period covered by the reigns of Henry III, Edward I, Edward II and Edward III An unusual medieval gold seal with a gemstone engraved with an elephant ...

LONDON, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that a medieval seal carved with an image of an elephant carrying a war tower on its back has been discovered near the market town of King’s Lynn in eastern England by ...

Animals with human eyes, elephants with dog snouts, and beavers with fish tails–were medieval artists just bad at painting? Not at all. There’s more to these quirky creatures than meets the eye. When ...