From Manuscripts to Wrappers

Download or read book From Manuscripts to Wrappers written by Jan Brunius and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Swedish National Archives in Stockholm houses the largest collection of medieval book fragments in Northern Europe, around 23000 fragments taken from about 110000 manuscripts, most of which are liturgical. The fragments were used as covers for tax accounts of the Swedish royal administration between about 1530 and 1630, and all of them have been described in an illustrated database catalog recently published on the Internet. 00This book is the first work devoted to the entire collection, and it is a full presentation of all aspects of the fragments for an international audience. The book includes a glossary of the terminology used, and has indices of all the medieval authors and their works found in the collection. The organisation of the database, and its search facilities, are thoroughly explained to make it easy to use by all students and scholars.