The Guardian

Fragment of lost 12th-century epic poem found in another book’s binding

Scholars knew the work about Guillaume d’Orange and the bloody siege of his city existed, but until now believed it had been lost completely A fragment from a 12th-century French poem previously ...
CNN

Gothic architecture: Can the 12th-century style radically change how we build today?

Editor’s Note: Mark Foster Gage is an American architect and founder of Mark Foster Gage Architects in New York. He is also a professor of architecture at Yale University School of Architecture.
Smithsonian Magazine

Relax Like You Are in 12th-Century China and Take in These Lush Landscape Paintings

Wind and Snow in the Fir Pines, Li Shan (mid-12th to early 13th century), China, Jin dynasty, late 12th century Freer Gallery of Art The Shu River, traditionally attributed to Li Gonglin (ca.
Ars Technica

Notre Dame cathedral first to use iron reinforcements in 12th century

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...
The Spokesman-Review

Updating a 12th-century palazzo, where the walls had secrets

Matteo Rocca and Ronan Dunphy peered into the gloom on the second floor of the 12th century palazzo in Genoa, Italy. This had once been the grandest part of the seven-story palace, with the highest ...
CBC.ca

12th century monks used seal skin to bind books — despite not knowing what a seal looked like

This book is among nearly 100 found in France by researchers at the University of Cambridge to be bound with seal skin. The books belong to a French monastery from the 12th century. (Matthew Collins) ...
CNN

Archeologists uncover 12th-century bathhouse hidden in Spanish bar

Archeologists have uncovered the remains of a 12th century bathhouse at a popular bar in the city of Seville, southern Spain. Cerveceria Giralda has been operating in the heart of the city since 1923, ...
The Mirror

Inside stunning abandoned 12th-century castle with huge pillars and creepy bathtub left behind

A glimpse has been given inside a stunning abandoned 12th century castle with huge pillars and creepy bathtub left behind. The French property was founded in 1137 and has a Romanesque-Byzantine facade ...
UPI

Fragment of long-lost 12th-century poem found in book binding

Nov. 18 (UPI) --A researcher uncovered a fragment from a long-lost 12th-century French poem in the binding of a book at a University of Oxford library in Britain. Tamara Atkin, from Queen Mary ...