A study of 16 Medieval manuscripts in Clairvaux Abbey in France found they were bound in a surprising material: sealskin.

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The study revealed the fur didn’t belong to boars or deer, but rather pinnipeds, or seals and walruses. More specifically, the DNA still contained in the book binding allowed researchers to narrow ...

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...