MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MANUSCRIPTS

This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original i s like meeting a very famous person. We may all pretend that a well-known celebrity is no different from anyone else, and yet there is an undeniable thrill in actually meeting and talking to a person of world stature.The idea for the book, which is entirely new, i s to invite the reader into intimate conversations with twelve of the most famous manuscripts in existence and to explore with the a uthor wha...[Read more]