The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts by Mary Wellesley

The Gilded Page: The Secret Lives of Medieval Manuscripts

Mary Wellesley

352 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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"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...

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