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Working with Manuscripts
Introduction
This section connects users to resources that support manuscript research. The main resources addressed by this guide are Dictionaries & Abbreviations, Images, and Paleography. Each page contains advice for working with these resources as well as links to books in the catalog and websites focusing on that field. There is also a List of Reference Books that introduce methods for manuscript studies.
Manuscript Detail Showing St. Ursola and Companies, unknown artist. c. 1380. Italian, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. LUNA: https://tinyurl.com/ybvcehxm (UChicago login required.)
Manuscript Studies: Select Reference Books
Introduction to Manuscript Studies by Call Number: f Z105 .C58 2007ISBN: 9780801487088Publication Date: 2007The images in this book are primarily drawn from the collections of the Newberry Library, in Chicago.
Vernacular Manuscript Culture, 1000-1500 by Call Number: Z106.5.E85 V476 2018ISBN: 9789087283025Publication Date: 2018
Medieval Manuscript Book by Call Number: Z106.5.E85M43 2015ISBN: 9781107066199Publication Date: 2015
New Directions in Medieval Manuscript Studies and Reading Practices by Call Number: Z106.5.G7N49 2014ISBN: 9780268033279Publication Date: 2014
The Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Books by Call Number: Z106.5.E85 D47 2003ISBN: 0521803152Publication Date: 2003
Scribal Correction and Literary Craft by Call Number: Z106.5.G7W35 2014ISBN: 9781107076228Publication Date: 2014
Medieval Texts in Context by Call Number: Z106.5.G7 M43 2008ISBN: 9780415360258Publication Date: 2008
Portuguese Studies on Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts by Call Number: ND2920 .P67 2014ISBN: 9782503554730Publication Date: 2015
Writers and Readers in Medieval Italy by Call Number: Z1003.5.I8P480 1995ISBN: 0300060890Publication Date: 1995- La descrizione del manoscritto : storia, problemi, modelli byCall Number: Z695.5.P45 2001ISBN: 8843018191Publication Date: 2001
- Text and Transmission in Medieval Europe byCall Number: Z106.5.E85ISBN: 1443802778Publication Date: 2007
- Vocabulaire codicologique : répertoire méthodique des termes français relatifs aux manuscrits byCall Number: Z111.M89 1985ISBN: 9782903680046Publication Date: 1985
- Starting to Read Medieval Latin Manuscript : An Introduction for Students of Medieval History and Genealogists Who Wish to Venture into Latin Texts byCall Number: Z114.G67 1993ISBN: 189785322XPublication Date: 1993
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