A fresh appraisal of late medieval manuscript culture in England,
examining the ways in which people sustained older books, exploring
the practices and processes by which manuscripts were crafted,
mended, protected, marked, gifted and shared. During the "long
fifteenth century" (here, 1375-1530), the demand for books in
England flourished. The fast-developing book trade produced them in
great quantity. Fragments of manuscripts were often repurposed, as
flyleaves and other components such as palimpsests; and alongside
the creation of new books, medieval manuscripts were also repaired,
recycled and re-used. This monograph examines the ways in which
people sustained older books, exploring the practices and processes
by which manuscripts were crafted, mended, protected, marked,
gifted and shared. Drawing on the codicological evidence gathered
from an extensive survey of extant manuscript collections, in
conjunction with historical accounts, recipes and literary texts,
it presents detailed case studies exploring parchment production
and recycling, the re-use of margins, and second-hand exchanges of
books. Its engagement with the evidence in - and inscribed on -
surviving books enables a fresh appraisal of late medieval
manuscript culture in England, looking at how people went about
re-using books, and arguing that over the course of this period,
books were made, used and re-used in a myriad of sustainable ways.
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