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A fresh appraisal of late medieval manuscript culture in England, examining the ways in which people sustained older books, exploring the practices and processes by which manuscripts were crafted, mended, protected, marked, gifted and shared.
One is not likely to see parchment at the various stages of its life cycle in quite the same way after reading it... should be standard reading for students who wish to acquaint themselves with manuscript production and use.
Re-using Manuscripts is an invitation to set aside the familiar restrictions of the reading room and to ask new questions...Fascinating study.
HANNAH RYLEY is Lecturer in Early Medieval English at Balliol College, Oxford; she also teaches for the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford.