Journal of the Early Book Society for the

The annual Journal of the Early Book Society for the Study of Manuscripts and Printing History is published by Pace University Press. The greater part of each volume is devoted to four or five substantial essays on the history of the book, with emphasis on the period of transition from manuscript to print. The main focus is on English and Continental works produced from 1350 to 1550. In addition, the journal includes brief notes on manuscripts and early printed books, descriptive reviews of recent works in the field, and notes on libraries and collections. Book jacket.

Articles
"Thanne motyn we to bokys": Writing's Harvest in the Prologue to the Legend of Good Women	p. 1
British Library MS Harley 630: Saint Alban's and Lydgate	p. 36
The Lydgate Canon in Print from 1476 to 1534	p. 59
Verbal and Visual Metaphors in the Cambridge Manuscript of the Douze Dames de Rhetorique (1463)	p. 94
Sources of, and Analogues to, the Noble Boke of Cokery	p. 119
An Assortment of Doctors: The Readers of Medical Books in Late Medieval England	p. 136
The Margarita Philosophica: A Case Study in Early Modern Book Design	p. 152
The Value/s of Manuscript Study: A Personal Retrospect	p. 167
Nota Bene: Brief Notes on Manuscripts and Early Printed Books
Verses Upon Death and Other Wall Paintings Surviving in the Guild Hall, Stratford-upon-Avon	p. 182
Three Books in One, including a new edition attributable to Verard?	p. 191
The Anonymity of Albertanus: A Case Study from the French	p. 198
A Little-Known Manuscript of Latini's Tesoretto	p. 202
The Book as Pledge: A Fifteenth-Century Verse in VK MS 678	p. 210
British Library MS Royal 12 C. xii and the Problems of Patronage	p. 216
Descriptive Reviews
Michelle P. Brown and Scot McKendrick, eds. Illuminating the Book: Makers and Interpreters	p. 227
Ruth Samson Luborsky and Elizabeth Morley Ingtam. A Guide to English Illustrated Books 1536-1603	p. 231
J.A. Szirmai, The Archaeology of Medieval Bookbinding	p. 237
Paul Werner, Dragonsblood and Ashes. The Beta Version. Vellum Preparation: History and Technique	p. 240
Notes on Libraries and Collections
The James I. Good Collection for Reformation Studies and Reformed Church History, Eden Theological Seminary	p. 242
The Inner Temple Library	p. 244
The St Fin Barre's Cathedral Library Collection	p. 246
About the Authors	p. 248
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