Oftentimes, we are preoccupied with the contents of a book rather than the book itself. The phrase, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is preached as a metaphorical reminder not to be quick to judge ...

The oldest known book in a private collection just sold for a price worthy of its claim to fame. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex hammered down for an eye-popping £3.1 million, or $3.9 million, during a ...

Written over 800 years ago, the Codex Gigas (also called the “Devil’s Bible”) is one of the most fascinating and interesting medieval artifacts of all time. Thought to have been written by a single ...

Lucia Suarez Sang is an associate managing editor at CBSNews.com. Previously, Lucia was the director of digital content at FOX61 News in Connecticut and has previously written for outlets including ...

Rooted in the medieval tradition of European manuscript culture, Castiglioni Codex brings the art of the book back to its highest form: paper, image, text, and binding united into a single work of ...

(JTA) — A 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible became the most expensive book ever sold Wednesday when it drew a price of $38.1 million at auction at Sotheby’s in New York City. The buyer of the item, known as ...

Page 9 and Page 8 of Códice Maya de México (c. 1100) (all images courtesy Biblioteca Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Secretaría de Cultura-INAH-México; all ...