The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts

About the book

The Posthumous Papers of the Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel is a history book for adult readers.

The people who made, saved and sometimes destroyed medieval manuscripts, over a thousand years of history, from the acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts. The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature.

We are dazzled by them and recognise their crucial role in the transmission of knowledge. But we generally think much less about the countless men and women who made, collected and preserved them through the centuries, and to whom they owe their existence. This entrancing book describes some of the extraordinary people who have spent their lives among illuminated manuscripts over the last thousand years.

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