Orietta Da Rold (University of Cambridge), Elaine Treharne (Stanford University, California)
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....
The scholarship and teaching of manuscript studies has been transformed by digitisation, rendering previously rarefied documents accessible for study ...