A medieval prayer scroll once left forgotten in a box of old leaflets has been revealed as a rare treasure in York. The illuminated artefact, known as the Bar Convent Arma Christi, was discovered in ...
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Medieval English Birth Scroll. MS.632 (c. 1500), Wellcome Collection. The girdle contains prayers and invocations for safe delivery in childbirth. Biomolecular evidence supports its active use.