If you love old books, you’ve come to the right place. Quill gives you a tour through the making of the medieval manuscript: the book produced in the era before print (500-c. 1450). Navigate through each production stage of the medieval book from the image bar above. A menu located on the right side provides a selection of highlights from each production stage.

« There is more to life than manuscripts, but it’s a good place to start. »
Erik Kwakkel, Book Historian (Text)
Giulio Menna, Photographer (Images)

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This website was produced by
Erik Kwakkel (text) and
Giulio Menna (photography)
with participation of Leiden University Library, Special Collections.

It was created as part of the NWO-funded research project Turning Over a New Leaf (Leiden University) through a grant supplied by De Jonge Akademie (Amsterdam).

Webdesign & Site Construction
Mulder van Meurs & Josef Willems Webdesign
Web hosting: Leiden University, Faculty of Humanities.

Source de l’information : Quill