Manuscript Notes
A Codex Is Not a Single Work: Keeping the Book and Its Texts Apart
Separate a manuscript volume from the individual works it contains, and make reading notes that preserve the difference between text, copy and modern edition.
Ideas worth reading closely
Manuscript Notes
Look closely at the objects that carry ideas across time.
Manuscript Notes
A Digital Manuscript Image Is a Starting Point, Not the Whole Edition
Explore a digitised manuscript with attention to its catalogue record, image order and editorial context, while keeping visible detail separate from interpretation.
Manuscript Notes
An old text and an old book are two different things
A manuscript has more than one timeline. Separating a work from its surviving copy makes historical reading much clearer.