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Professional and amateur archaeologists have been taking part in a community dig at Bishop’s Close, Brechin, Scotland. After uncovering the foundations of 18th- and 19th-century buildings, they began finding artifacts from the Middle Ages. Medieval garden soil, pottery and coins have been uncovered thus far. Find out more in the article at the Press and Journal.

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Israel Museum officials announced that a rare prayer book from the 14th century will go on display at the museum’s Shrine of the Book on Tuesday, September 15th, a few days before Rosh Hashana. The Nuremberg Mahzor is one of the world’s largest medieval texts, weighing in at about 57 pounds, and remains mostly intact, missing only seven leaves. It includes a huge collection of handwritten prayers and liturgical poems and has rabbinical commentary in the margins. There are also more than 20 illuminations inlaid with gold and silver.

Find out more about the origins and history of this unique treasure of a manuscript, and get a look at one of the folios, in the article by Jen Thomas at the Associated Press.

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• Medieval Judaism

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In December, Mr. Jerry Morris of Shirehampton uncovered an unusual ring with his metal detector. A silver rope-design loop ring, the item bears the initials “WS” and is believed to have belonged to William Spencer, who was mayor of Bristol in the 15th century. At an inquest on September 8, the ring was declared treasure. Find out more about the ring’s discovery and its possible future in the article at This is Bristol.

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…Ardenwood Farm will be transform on September 12 into a delightful Elizabethan town filled with myriad characters and vignettes. For two days – Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13 – Shakespeare will dominate the landscape. Brave knights clad in…

…Ardenwood Farm will be transform on September 12 into a delightful Elizabethan town filled with myriad characters and vignettes. For two days – Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13 – Shakespeare will dominate the landscape. Brave knights clad in…

Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival Announces Record-Breaking Attendance for Second Week in a Row The Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival, which opened on Aug. 29, experienced its second week in a row of record-breaking crowds. “We offer a great and affordable way to have…

For someone who spends so much time indulging in fantastical merriments, Paula Peterka sure has her feet on the ground. During the past 17 years, Peterka, a Crownsville wife and mother, has played ever more elaborate roles in the annual…

It was no War of the Roses battle, when from the mid 1400s to the late period of that century the House of York took the field against the House of Lancaster near the end of the medieval period of…

…Women with low-cut blouses raised mugs of ale and shouted at men passing by. Men donned metal armor and fought in hand-to-hand combat. Fred McCall, of Rancho Cucamonga, played a soprano recorder, his music echoing through the 7-acre venue. But…