Looking at Medieval Books: Learning to See

by Ralph Hanna

Unlike books familiar to us from print culture, every medieval book is unique, the product of individual circumstances of planning, execution, and history. This is a fundamental difficulty for study, particularly for those beginning the investigation of texts in manuscript. There are two conventional ways of approaching this difficulty: explaining the series of processes by which a manuscript book is constructed and explaining how to construct a professional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1802078576
• ISBN13: 9781802078572
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.6"