SMC228H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pumice, Marginalia, Rubrication
5 Oct 2016
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Manuscript: hand written , short form: ms. (singular) mss. (plural, before the 12th century. Made in monasteries small number of books secularized book production. Depending on the size and length of book, could write one a week. Pecia system: manuscript producing system used from 13th century onward by universities, pecia : latin for piece , texts divided into sections . Making a manuscript: parchment: selecting good skin is crucial, color of wool or hair of animal reflects in the surface, parchmenter soaks, scrapes, and rinses skin to get it to tissue thinness. Flesh side: parchment has two side to it. Hair side: darker, hair follicles, tends to curl in, does not hold ink as well. Flesh side: lighter, does not have hair follies, Making a manuscript: paper: medieval paper made from linen rags, rags made into pulp, pulp scooped up by wire frame, paper sized with gelatin.
