Published to accompany an eponymous exhibition held at the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge U. Library (UK) in 2005, this catalogue presents essays and entries that display a portion of the
wealth of medieval manuscripts contained in the collections of Cambridge University and its colleges. There are entries for 215 manuscripts, with a color plate of a page from each and lengthy
descriptive text. Essays introduce each chapter, discussing the production of manuscripts in chronological eras from the 6th-15th centuries. Three initial essays introduce the history of the
Cambridge collections, the history of manuscript collectors and collecting, and a description of how medieval manuscripts are made. A glossary is provided. The volume is oversize: 8.5x11.25.
Distributed in North America by the David Brown Book Company. Annotation 穢2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
