Hachette has published a monograph by Mary Wellesley – ‘Hidden Hands. The Lives of Manuscripts and their Makers’ (2021), concerned with the production and history of manuscripts. The book relates the history of the Beowulf manuscript, the works by Margery Kempe, Julian of Norwich, Sir Thomas Malory, Geoffrey Chaucer, the Pastons letters and Shakespeare. ‘Hidden Hands‘ tells stories about the artisans, artists, authors, scribes, readers, patrons and art collectors who have shaped the history of manuscripts important for English and European history.

For more information, see: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/mary-wellesley/hidden-hands/9781529400953/