Hidden Hands: the Lives of Manuscripts and Their Makers 
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Manuscripts teem with life. They are not only the stuff of history and literature, but they offer some of the only tangible evidence we have of entire lives, long receded.

 Hidden Hands tells the stories of the artisans, artists, scribes and readers, patrons and collectors who made and kept the beautiful, fragile objects that have survived the ravages of fire, water and deliberate destruction to form a picture of both English culture and the wider European culture of which it is part.

Without manuscripts, she shows, many historical figures would be lost to us, as well as those of lower social status, women and people of colour, their stories erased, and the remnants of their labours destroyed.

From the Cuthbert Bible, to works including those by the Beowulf poet, Margery Kempe, Julian of Norwich, Sir Thomas Malory, Chaucer, the Paston Letters and Shakespeare, Mary Wellesley describes the production and preservation of these priceless objects. With an insistent emphasis on the early role of women as authors and artists and illustrated with over fifty colour plates, Hidden Hands is an important contribution to our understanding of literature and history.
 
 
 
 
 



        

            
            

                
Publisher
                
riverrun
            
            
            

                
Dimensions
                
15.8 x 3.8 x 23.6 cm
            
            
            

                
Language
                
English
            
            
            

                
Print length
                
368 pages
            
            
            

                
Book Type
                
Hardcover
            
            
            

                
ISBN-10
                
1529400937
            
            
            

                
ISBN-13
                
978-1529400939
            
            
            

                
Publication date
                
7 Oct. 2021
            
            
        
         




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