The gilded page : the secret lives of medieval manuscripts / Mary Wellesley.
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.
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- 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.
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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. |
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Coudersport Public Library | 091 WEL (Text) | 30183000959534 | Adult Nonfiction | In Process | - |
Gettysburg Library | 091 WELLESLEY (Text)
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Mike and Sherry Brown Named Endowment, 2021
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