Erik Kwakkel teaches at Leiden University, where he directs the research project 'Turning over a New Leaf: Manuscript Innovation in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance'.Rosamond McKitterick is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge.Rodney Thomson is Emeritus Professor at the School of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania (Hobart, Australia).

"an outstanding contribution to the field of medieval codicology" - Steven Vanderputten, professor Medieval History, University Ghent"these essays do indeed 'turn over a new leaf' in the development of the history of the book" - Marco Mostert, professor Medieval Literacy, University Utrecht

• Preface List of Figures and Plates Abbreviations Gerard Isaac Lieftinck Introduction: Gerard Isaac Lieftinck Glossaries and Other Innovations in Carolingian Book Production Biting, Kissing and the Treatment of Feet: The Transitional Script of the Long Twelfth Century Appendix The Place of Germany in theTwelfth-Century Renaissance: Books, Scriptoria and Libraries Appendix Bibliography Notes on the Authors Colour Plates Graphs Index of Manuscripts General Index