This selection of papers by major scholars provides an introduction to the history of the book in the West from late Antiquity to the publication of the Gutenberg Bible and the beginning of the print revolution. The collection includes wide-ranging papers on handwriting and the physical make-up of the book, the 'look' of the book, and scribes, read
Jane Roberts and Pamela Robinson are both Senior Research Fellows, Institute of English Studies, University of London, UK