The article reviews the exhibition "Magical Books: From the Middle Ages to Middle-Earth" at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England from May 23 to October 27, 2013, and the book "Magical Tales: Myth, Legend, and Enchantment in Children's Books" edited by Carolyn Larrington and Diane Pur...
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The fabrication of both parchment and vellum in the Middle Ages was a very important process, and certain monasteries achieved a special reputation for the excellence of their manufacture, as was the case with the Cluny Abbey. The early Medieval Irish manuscripts, "The Book of Durrow," and "...
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Becket in Horae: The Commemoration of the Saint in Private Prayer Books of the Later Middle AgesThis article examines the ways in which Thomas Becket was commemorated in books of hours (horae) of different Uses, and explores the nature and implications of the texts and images associated with ...
end of the Middle Ages exists, and only a few studies in general look at the English provincial book trade.\nUnlike many aristocratic manuscripts produced in London and typically related to the court or palace, northern manuscripts reflect social and religious changes and regional social currents....