Ralph Hanna is Professor of Palaeography (Emeritus) and Emeritus Fellow at Keble College, Oxford. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow, former Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute (Harvard University), and winner of the British Academy Sir Israel Gollancz Prize for English Language 2015. His many books with Liverpool University Press include John Ridewall, Fulgentius metaforalis (2023), Looking at Medieval Books: Learning to See (2023), Robert Holcot, exegete (2021) and Malachy the Irishman, On Poison (2020).

“Among other things, this book offers a wealth of generous recommendations for reading and viewing.” Ian Cornelius, Textual Cultures 17.1

• PrefaceWhat's in front of you? What's its shape?How big is it?The closed book: what do you see first?Opening the book: what's it made of?MembranePaperWhere's the first leaf?What does the first leaf look like?How come it looks so neat?How does the scribe write?What texts does it contain?How's it been put together?Are there other discontinuities?Where's it been all this time?Looking at Cambridge, Queens' College, MS 10

Ralph Hanna is Professor of Palaeography (Emeritus) and Emeritus Fellow at Keble College, Oxford. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow, former Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute (Harvard University), and winner of the British Academy Sir Israel Gollancz Prize for English Language 2015. His many books with Liverpool University Press include John Ridewall, Fulgentius metaforalis (2023), Looking at Medieval Books: Learning to See (2023), Robert Holcot, exegete (2021) and Malachy the Irishman, On Poison (2020).

“Among other things, this book offers a wealth of generous recommendations for reading and viewing.” Ian Cornelius, Textual Cultures 17.1

• PrefaceWhat's in front of you? What's its shape?How big is it?The closed book: what do you see first?Opening the book: what's it made of?MembranePaperWhere's the first leaf?What does the first leaf look like?How come it looks so neat?How does the scribe write?What texts does it contain?How's it been put together?Are there other discontinuities?Where's it been all this time?Looking at Cambridge, Queens' College, MS 10

Ralph Hanna is Professor of Palaeography (Emeritus) and Emeritus Fellow at Keble College, Oxford. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow, former Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute (Harvard University), and winner of the British Academy Sir Israel Gollancz Prize for English Language 2015. His many books with Liverpool University Press include John Ridewall, Fulgentius metaforalis (2023), Looking at Medieval Books: Learning to See (2023), Robert Holcot, exegete (2021) and Malachy the Irishman, On Poison (2020).

“Among other things, this book offers a wealth of generous recommendations for reading and viewing.” Ian Cornelius, Textual Cultures 17.1

• PrefaceWhat's in front of you? What's its shape?How big is it?The closed book: what do you see first?Opening the book: what's it made of?MembranePaperWhere's the first leaf?What does the first leaf look like?How come it looks so neat?How does the scribe write?What texts does it contain?How's it been put together?Are there other discontinuities?Where's it been all this time?Looking at Cambridge, Queens' College, MS 10