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"This innovative study investigates the reception of medieval manuscripts over a long century, 1470-1585, spanning the reigns of Edward IV to Elizabeth I. Members of the Tudor gentry family who owned these manuscripts had properties in Willesden and professional affiliations in London. These men marked the leaves of their books with signs of use, allowing their engagement with the texts contained there to be reconstructed. Through detailed research Margaret Connolly reveals the various uses of these old books: as a repository for family records; as a place to preserve other texts of a favourite or important nature; as a source of practical information for the household; and as a professional manual for the practising lawyer"--

028 --- 094:28 --- 091 <41 ABERDEEN> --- 091:028 --- 091:028 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Lezen. Lectuur --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi-:-Lezen. Lectuur --- 091 <41 ABERDEEN> Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--ABERDEEN --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland--ABERDEEN --- 094:28 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Christelijke kerken, secten. Kristelijke kerken--(algemeen) --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora-:-Christelijke kerken, secten. Kristelijke kerken--(algemeen) --- 028 Lezen. Lectuur --- Lezen. Lectuur --- Book history --- Sociology of literature --- anno 1500-1599 --- Books and reading --- Manuscripts, Medieval --- Gentry --- History --- Roberts, Thomas, --- Roberts, Edmund, --- Books and reading. --- Library --- Marginal notes. --- Gentry, Landed --- Landed gentry --- Squires --- Upper class