From Manuscripts to Wrappers: Medieval Book Fragments in the Swedish National Archives Swedish National Archives, 2013 - 252 من الصفحات The Swedish National Archives in Stockholm houses the largest collections of medieval book fragments in Northern Europe, around 23,000 fragments taken from about 11,000 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 catalogue recently published on the Internet. This 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 familities, are thoroughly explained to make it easy to use by all students and scholars. -- back cover. |
