Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. Introduction 1
5. The Anatomy of the Medieval Manuscript
6. 1. The Writing Surface 18
7. 2. Writing 31
8. 3. Decoration and Illustration 72
9. 4. Bindings and the Shape of the Book 85
10. 5. A Template for Manuscript Description 110
11. Case Studies: A Selection of English Literary Manuscripts
12. Introduction 113
13. Literature: The Moore Bede (Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People and Other Items) Cambridge, University Library MS Kk.5.16 117
14. Afterlives: The Nowell Codex (Beowulf and Other Items) London, British Library MS Cotton Vitellius A.xv, ff. 94r–209v 133
15. Ownership St. Albans Psalter Hildesheim, Dombibliothek Hildesheim MS St. God. 1 148
16. Language: Orrm, The Orrmulum Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Junius 1 165
17. Miscellaneity: Trilingual Miscellany London, British Library MS Harley 2253 181
18. Geography: Roman d’Alexandre and Other Items Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 264 200
19. Authorship: The Gawain Manuscript (Pearl, Patience, Cleanness, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) London, British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x/2 217
20. Writing: The Ellesmere Chaucer (Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales) San Marino, CA, Huntington Library MS EL 26 C 9 232
21. Editing: William Langland, Piers Plowman; John Mandeville, Mandeville’s Travels; Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde; and Other Items San Marino, CA, Huntington Library MS HM 114 245
22. Mediation: The Book of Margery Kempe London, British Library MS Additional 61823 260
23. Performance: N-Town Plays London, British Library MS Cotton Vespasian D.viii 297
24. GLOSSARY 313
25. PRIMARY WORKS CITED 325
26. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER R EADING 327
27. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 345