Turning Over a New Leaf: Change and Development in the Medieval Book

by Rosamond McKitterick, Rodney M. Thomson, Erik Kwakkel

Books before print - manuscripts - were modified continuously throughout the medieval period. Focusing on the ninth and twelfth centuries, this volume explores such material changes as well as the varying circumstances under which handwritten books were produced, used and collected. An important theme is the relationship between the physical book and its users. Can we reflect on reading practices through an examination of the layout of a text? To...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9087281552
• ISBN13: 9789087281557
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Leiden University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 7.4"