Is there really new science to be found in fragments of old books?

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Description

The study of manuscript fragments is currently very popular, but most examples come from predictable types of medieval books. There are still new things that can be learned from these discoveries, but as this paper shows, through 3 French-related examples, the new knowledge may be more important to fields other than manuscript studies.
Period12 May 2023
Held atUNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, Ireland
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • manuscript
  • medieval
  • fragment
  • early printed books
  • book binding
  • fifteenth century
  • sixteenth century
  • incunabules
  • dictionaries
  • liturgy