For Christians, Easter marks the holiest time of the year.
A medieval prayer scroll once left forgotten in a box of old leaflets has been revealed as a rare treasure in York. The illuminated artefact, known as the Bar Convent Arma Christi, was discovered in ...
Medieval English Birth Scroll. MS.632 (c. 1500), Wellcome Collection. The girdle contains prayers and invocations for safe delivery in childbirth. Biomolecular evidence supports its active use.