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Da Rold, Orietta, and Elaine Treharne (eds), The Cambridge companion to medieval British manuscripts, Cambridge Companions to Literature, Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020.

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Work
The Cambridge companion to medieval British manuscripts
Place
Cambridge • New York
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2020
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Abstract (cited)

The scholarship and teaching of manuscript studies has been transformed by digitisation, rendering previously rarefied documents accessible for study on a vast scale. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts orientates students in the complex, multidisciplinary study of medieval book production and contemporary display of manuscripts from c.600-1500. Accessible explanations draw on key case studies to illustrate the major methodologies and explain why skills in understanding early book production are so critical for reading, editing, and accessing a rich cultural heritage. Chapters by leading specialists in manuscript studies range from explaining how manuscripts were stored, to revealing the complex networks of readers and writers which can be understood through manuscripts, to an in depth discussion on the Wycliffite Bible.

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Approaches
manuscript studies guides, introductions and surveys
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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August 2021