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Books in the Middle Ages with Erik Kwakkel

Episode 2 of The Medieval Podcast – How were books made and used in the Middle Ages? Danièle is joined by Erik Kwakkel, a ‘rockstar’ of the Book History world. Learn about the process of making manuscripts, including why medieval scribes made doodles in their works.

Erik Kwakkel is a Professor at the iSchool (Library, Archival and Information Studies) University of British Columbia. Click here to view his faculty page.

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Please also check out his Medievalbooks blog for his posts on all things related to manuscripts. You can follow Erik on Twitter @erik_kwakkel

Erik’s latest book is Books Before Print, published by Arc Humanities Press. Click here to visit the publisher’s website for more information or buy it through Amazon.com

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Top Image: Two pages from a 15th century manuscript – British Library MS Sloane 2565   ff. 45v-46

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