Introduction to manuscript studies /

Clemens, Raymond, 1966-

Introduction to manuscript studies / Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007. - xvi, 301 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 31 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-292) and index.

Writing supports -- Text and decoration -- Correction, glossing, and annotation -- Assembling, binding, and storing the completed manuscript -- Working with medieval manuscripts -- Punctuation and abbreviation -- Encounters with damaged manuscripts -- Assessing manuscript origin and provenance -- Manuscript description -- Selected scripts -- The Bible and related texts -- Liturgical books and their calendars -- Books of hours -- Charters and cartularies -- Maps -- Rolls and scrolls -- Appendix : tools for the study of medieval Latin / by Anders Winroth -- Glossary.

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Manuscripts, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Paleography, Latin.
Codicology.

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