The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Contents

pp v-vi

Illustrations

pp vii-viii

Contributors

pp ix-xi

Acknowledgements

pp xii-xii

Abbreviations

pp xiii-xiv

Introduction: The Matter of Manuscripts and Methodologies

pp 1-10

Part I - How Do We Study the Manuscript?

pp 11-126

1 - Describing and Cataloguing Medieval English Manuscripts: A Checklist

pp 13-38

2 - Reading a Manuscript Description

pp 39-48

3 - Reading and Understanding Scripts

pp 49-75

4 - Working with Images in Manuscripts

pp 76-105

5 - The Sum of the Book: Structural Codicology and Medieval Manuscript Culture

pp 106-126

Part II - Why Do We Study the Manuscript?

pp 127-234

6 - Networks of Writers and Readers

pp 129-148

7 - The Written Word: Literacy across Languages

pp 149-178

8 - The Wycliffite Bible

pp 179-186

9 - Editing Medieval Manuscripts for Modern Audiences

pp 187-213

10 - Where Were Books Made and Kept?

pp 214-234

Part III - Where Do We Study the Manuscript?

pp 235-294

11 - Charming the Snake: Accessing and Disciplining the Medieval Manuscript

pp 237-266

12 - The Curation and Display of Digital Medieval Manuscripts

pp 267-283

13 - Medieval Manuscripts, the Collector, and the Trade

pp 284-294

Guide to Further Reading

pp 295-307

Index

pp 308-309

GENERAL INDEX

pp 310-319

Cambridge Companions To … - Series page

pp 320-326