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' Medieval Garbage in Leiden University Library' (video) - on the use of scrap parchment to make books.Erik Kwakkel also has a useful blog post on the architecture of complex manuscript page layouts.codicology), one on medieval scripts, one on listening to the page of a manuscript.

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Three videos (cc) with the superstar scholar Erik Kwakkel illustrating how to derive meaning from a manuscript: one on the form of manuscripts (incl.

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This series of YouTube videos, put together by a contemporary calligrapher who does manuscript reproduction, also walk you through the process of making a manuscript (starting with prepared parchment).This Stanford online exhibit walks you through the process of making a manuscript.The British Library has also provided a series of seven videos on the material processes of making a manuscript, from making the quills through gilding.The Getty Museum has provided three videos (cc) ( first, on the structure of a manuscript second, third on the process of making a manuscript) that cover the process from slightly different angles.This BBC2 video walks you through the modern production of parchment, which is effectively the same as the medieval production process.The British Library's Medieval Manuscripts blog has a wonderful rough guide to making a manuscript.Here are some websites and videos that will, er, illuminate this process: The complex and multistaged production process bears on both how manuscripts were read and consumed, and how they are described and studied today (called 'codicology'). The Basics: CodicologyĪny introduction to medieval manuscripts needs to begin with an understanding of how manuscripts were made.

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Although there are field standards for manuscript descriptions, every archive interprets them slightly differently, so be patient with yourself when moving from one catalogue to the next. This blog post from Teaching the Codex breaks it down for you. Learning how to read a manuscript description - the technical synopsis of what a manuscript includes, when/where it was made, how it is constructed, etc - can also be a challenge. The British Library offers an extensive illustrated glossary, which I recommend for learning basic and more obscure terms.

In addition to any handouts I provide in class, you can also access glossaries at the Medieval Manuscript Manual, another at the Free Library of Phildelphia's website (choose the 'Manuscript Basics' tab), and another at the Auchinleck Manuscript website. One of the first hurdles to overcome in learning about into medieval manuscripts is the specialized language you need to talk about them. The increasing sophistication, however, of digital technologies is making it easier to learn about manuscripts and examine them in detail.Below, I've gathered useful introductory resources to accompany the readings I assign in manuscript units. The study of medieval manuscripts and early book culture is massive and specialized.