A trove of books written by medieval-era French monks were bound with bizarre “hairy” covers from far-away animals — shedding ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

It also yielded a smaller group of finds from an early medieval cemetery, as well as a collection of objects from the period after the abbey was dissolved, according to Davey. "We knew the site ...

In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in a protective outer layer made from the hairy hides of local land ...

ST. GALLEN, Switzerland — A Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage site, ...

High above the Abbey floor, the Galleries in the beautiful 13th century triforium display our greatest treasures and tell the story of our thousand-year history. The Galleries are in a medieval space ...