Even when the codex became ubiquitous, scrolls held a special place for the written word

New book explores how the burnt cathedral created a 'profound intellectual rift' between Germany and France, then reconciliation

Bard Graduate Center's 25th anniversary exhibition considers devotional offerings across religions

Three new books offer fresh angles on the Renaissance master

Historic photographs and contemporary papers have been used in new book to re-imagine the cycle

In Jori Finkel's book It Speaks to Me, Kentridge discusses the sculpture in Johannesburg that first made him feel the power of art

Mark Purcell's study explores 19th-century bibliomania and rejects the notion that books in historic libraries were "bought by the yard"

Martin Lister enlisted his daughters Susanna and Anna because of the unreliability of the best professional engravers

A new publication brings together the Scottish surgeon's art collection for the first time in many years

The new book features newly discovered appendices, including the profligate Jan Baptist’s three-volume bankruptcy file

Excavation campaigns on the Greek island have raised questions about our knowledge of Cycladic art and culture

Twenty-four artists present their own works in new book, including the late Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian

Almost unknown in Britain, his work was secretly amassed by Harry Hyams, the billionaire property developer

Galleries donate publications for a collection that will go to the Metropolitan Museum

Book looks at one royal's Medieval gifts, giving and inventories

Volume uncovers floral wealth of the US metropolis

Book collects the first illustrations, scores, maps and children's books

The curator’s attribution to the Renaissance master helped Christie’s achieve a world record price for the painting

The Kunsthistorisches's Bruegel exhibition catalogue fails to include any scholarly information

The great building as seen through the generations of its occupants

Book looks at the former official darling of the American republic

There are too many oddities in the painting discovered in France five years ago

Not a guide nor a history, but a collection of unusual gardens and their makers

We meet the photographer David Bailey at his London studio to discuss his new book and we talk with Gijs van Hensbergen about John Richardson, who died aged 95 last week. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

Book looks at narrative cycles by Edward von Steinle and Leopold Bode

Book looks at British Museum’s contemporary artists' postcards from 1960 to the present

The history—in images and works of decorative art—of giving birth and raising children before 1900

Examining the many meanings—and inanities—ascribed to the unclothed human body in Western art

A dictionary of the burial places of the English and Scottish kings and queens (and their relations)

Lars-Ake Thessman on his set- and costume-designs