“The Naibbe cipher is my attempt to find a way to encode something like Latin by hand as text that partially mimics the Voynich Manuscript's strange properties. The cipher works by randomly breaking a ...

The Voynich manuscript has long been shorthand for the unsolved and the unknowable, a late medieval codex filled with looping glyphs that refuse to yield a single clear sentence. A new cryptologic ...

UNESCO's recognition of International Greek Language Day affirms Greek as a living, global vessel of culture, knowledge and ...

Stolen by the Nazis as they invaded Austria, this beautiful Jewish prayer book was returned to its owners and will now be ...

The world’s oldest complete Hebrew Bible, the Codex Sassoon, recently unveiled at the Anu–Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, carries a direct connection to India through its namesake, David ...

Sometimes it takes a village to raise a window. Between 2015 and 2017, skilled masons meticulously carved and beveled arches and four-lobed flourishes for a Gothic-style stone window frame in Guédelon ...

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2025, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing ...

Ready to watch 'Mediaeval Castles' without the hassle? Trying to locate where to stream, rent, buy, or watch how to watch the Felicity Kinross directed movie can be a bit of a headache so we at ...

Rare is a videogame that doesn't feature at least one sword, suit of armor, or roast chicken. Still, they're usually mixed in with bearded hermits slinging magic fireballs, which we're reliably ...

DURING the past few years the history of mediæval municipalities has been attracting considerable attention in Europe. Sohm, Hegel, Schulte, Pappenheim, Von Below, Gothein, Giry, Luchaire, Pirenne, ...