Scholars found two lost books by Apollonius, the ancient Greek mathematician known as the Great Geometer. The works were found in an Arabic manuscript preserved at the Libraries of Leiden ...

While conducting research in the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, a scholar discovered something remarkable: a handwritten copy of a sonnet by William Shakespeare dating back nearly 400 years.

With Bill Newman's help, we've "decoded" a page from one of these manuscripts. To orient yourself to the bewildering world of 17th-century alchemy, we recommend you first read our interview with ...

marking only the second known manuscript of the poem. Dr. Leah Veronese, an English professor, discovered the version hidden in a 17th-century collection of texts while conducting research ...

A rare hand-written copy of one of the most famous love poems ever written has been discovered after hundreds of years. Dr Leah Veronese uncovered the version of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ...

the sonnet’s adaptation and unique context shed light on a fundamental slice of 17th-century English history. “As I was leafing through the manuscript, the poem struck me as an odd version of ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) A rare manuscript copy of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 was discovered in a 17th-century poetry collection among Elias Ashmole's papers. This version, adapted as a ...