Thesis
Sustainability and recycling in fifteenth-century manuscripts
- Abstract:
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This thesis examines the sustainability of fifteenth-century manuscripts. It analyses the durability of manuscripts, and the ways in which people recycled and reused their books. During the long fifteenth-century (here, 1375-1530), book production in England flourished, driven by increased demand for books. Yet while the fast-developing commercial book trade produced new books in great quantity, significantly, older books were also sustained, recycled and reused.
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+ Wakelin, D
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
English Faculty
Oxford college:
St Hilda's College
Role:
Supervisor
+ Boffey, J
Department:
Queen Mary University of London
Role:
Examiner
+ Griffiths, J
Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Wadham College
Role:
Examiner
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Deposit date:
- 2018-04-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Ryley, H
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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