Postcards on Parchment: The Social Lives of Medieval Books by Kathryn M. Rudy

Postcards on Parchment: The Social Lives of Medieval Books

Kathryn M. Rudy

362 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

informative reflective relaxing slow-paced
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Medieval prayer books held not only the devotions and meditations of Christianity, but also housed, slipped between pages, sundry notes, reminders, and ephemera, such as pilgrims' badges, sworn oaths, and small painted images. Many of these last i...

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