The Bromholm prayer roll, ink, silver and gold on parchment, 1370x130mm. Credit: Gail Turner / Journal of the British Archaeological Association (CN) — The Bromholm Prayer Roll has sat in a private ...
A rare strip of parchment more than 10 feet (3 meters) long and adorned with Christian emblems shows chemical traces of its use by women in medieval England as a magical amulet to protect them during ...
(CNN) — The sun was setting on a busy London street on a May evening in 1337 when a group of men approached a priest named John Forde. They surrounded him in front of a church near Old St. Paul’s ...