English Manuscript Studies 1100‐1700, Volume 7

This seventh volume of English Manuscript Studies 1100‐1700 is dedicated to its co‐founder and co‐editor, Jeremy Griffiths (1955‐1997). There are 12 essays. In the first Michael Gullick writes on “Professional scribes in eleventh‐ and twelfth‐century England”. He concludes that “the total sum of evidence concerning the activities of professional scribes is small.” His assessment is accompanied by four clearly reproduced black and white photographic illustrations of scribal activity: two of the samples are from Clare College, Cambridge, manuscripts; two from Harley manuscripts at the British Library. Rodney Thomson succinctly in the second contribution answers the question he poses in his...