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Bon and Naxi Manuscripts, Agnieszka Helman-Ważny and Charles Rumble (eds.)
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A collaborative volume Bon and Naxi Manuscripts, edited by Agnieszka Helman-Ważny and Charles Rumble, which is the result of workshops at the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures in 2016-2022, was published by De Gruyter in 2023. This is 'the first primarily object-based study on the cultural history and technology of books from the Tibetan…
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Bonpo, manuscripts, material analysis, Naxi,
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The Absent Image. Lacunae in Medieval Books
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Penn State University Press has published a book by Elina Gertsman - The Absent Image. Lacunae in Medieval Books (2021). The monograph discusses the notion of horror vacui and explores how medieval authors responded to the problem of space. (more…)
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art history, empty space, lacunae, manuscripts, visual image,
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‘Hidden Hands’ – a newly published monograph by Mary Wellesley
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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'…
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English manuscripts, history of the book, manuscript production, provenance,
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Calendars in the Making
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Brill has published a monograph Calendars in the Making. The Origins of Calendars from the Roman Empire to the Later Middle Ages, ed. by Sacha Stern, on the history and development of ancient and medieval calendars. More information can be found at the publisher's website Brill.
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ancient calendars, medieval calendars,
