tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post715109157019106521..comments2023-12-06T21:26:59.714+11:00Comments on Dianne's Medieval Writing: Medieval Manuscripts on the MoveDiannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132076792018066412noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post-42498897646136135502010-11-11T12:38:29.242+11:002010-11-11T12:38:29.242+11:00Wonderful journey and experience!Wonderful journey and experience!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post-74185630036700469722007-02-22T13:50:00.000+11:002007-02-22T13:50:00.000+11:00Actually I doubt that there are many fraudulent me...Actually I doubt that there are many fraudulent medieval manuscript leaves out there. The prices gained are not so great as to be worth the effort. However, I suspect some books are being systematically destroyed. Manuscript pages which had been re-used in the middle ages themselves as bindings or book wrappers are also to be found out there. DianneDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132076792018066412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37270168.post-13025326393789859362007-02-20T04:59:00.000+11:002007-02-20T04:59:00.000+11:00There was a trade of used parchment in Europe duri...There was a trade of used parchment in Europe during medieval and modern ages. Although the content of a document could get obsolete the parchment itself remained valuable to stationers and booksellers, that generally acquire it to sell as cheap matter to use in book bidding. The diffusion of paper (a fragile support), demanded a cheap form of protection and old parchment folia and bifolia served frequently to bind notarial books, inventory or reports. Unfortunately recent interest in medieval illuminated documents is ruining some old codex. The antique book sellers don't hesitate in cut off the illuminated pages and destroy valuable texts. The demand is increasing so much, thanks to internet commerce, that i belive a great number of the specimens are frauds. PS-Keep up the good work and sorry about my poor english (portuguese).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com