Cathedral library
Appears in 1 story · Last updated Nov 11, 2026
Holds the York Gospels, one of the sampled manuscripts
Sheeppox has been infecting flocks for at least 3,700 years. Researchers have now pulled its DNA out of an unlikely archive: the animal skins that medieval scribes scraped, soaked and bound into books, including the 1,000-year-old York Gospels.
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