Of the Making of Books

Part I Of the making of books and of their provenances: origin and provenance of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts - the case of Cotton Tiberius A.III, Helmut Gneuss; mixed blessings - a 12th century manuscript from Waverley, Jean F. Preston; "Quaderni simul ligati" - recherches sur les manuscrits en cahiers, Jean Vezin. Part II Scribes and scripts: a 12th century scriptix from Nunnaminster, P.R. Robinson; Stephen Dodesham of Witham and Sheen, A.I. Doyle; Geoffrey Spirling (c.1426 - c.1494) - a scribe of the "Canterbury Tales" in his time, Richard Beadle; A testimonye of verye ancient tyme? - Some manuscript models for the Parkerian Anglo-Saxon type-designs, Peter J. Lucas. Part III Readers as makers of text and traditions: the patristic content of English book collections in the 11th century - towards a continental perspective, Theresa Webber; medieval hypertext - image and text from York Minster, Vincent Gillespie; history and legend a Kirkstall in the 15th century, Jeanne E. Krochalis. Part IV Ideas of authors and authorities: the author's two bodies? Authority and fallibility in late-medieval textual theory, A.J. Minnis; "Mind in Character" - ancient and medieval ideas about the status os the autographs as an expression of personality, David Ganz.