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The gilded page : the secret lives of medieval manuscripts / Mary Wellesley.

Summary:
The Gilded Page is the story of the written word in the pre-Gutenberg age. Ranging from the earliest intact book in Europe, to the only known literary manuscript to be written in Shakespeare's hand, scholar Mary Wellesley reveals the secret lives of these literary and artistic treasures.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781541675087
  • Physical Description: ix, 340 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2021.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- Prologue: The Alchemy of Parchment -- Discoveries -- Near Disasters -- Patrons -- Artists -- Scribes -- Authors & Scribes -- Authors Hidden -- Epilogue: The Death of the Manuscript -- Afterword: Uses & Abuses of the Past.
Subject: Manuscripts, Medieval > England > History.
Transmission of texts > Social aspects > England > History.
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > History and criticism.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval > England.
Marginalia > England > History.

Available copies

  • 3 of 4 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Coudersport Public Library 091 WEL (Text) 30183000959534 Adult Nonfiction In Process -
Gettysburg Library 091 WELLESLEY (Text)
Endowment: Mike and Sherry Brown Named Endowment, 2021
35740635777295 Nonfiction Available -
RACC Z106.5.G7 W45 2021 (Text) 33624024957589 Books Available -
Bethlehem Main Library 091 (Text) 33062009523102 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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