Milne, Krista A. 2025. The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England: Institutional Collections. Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 311. ISBN 978019892022.
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Keywords

book history
provenance studies
codicology
quantitative methods

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Milne, Krista A. 2025. The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England: Institutional Collections. Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 311. ISBN 978019892022. (2026). SELIM. Journal of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature, 31(1), 175-78. https://doi.org/10.17811/selim.31.2026.175-78

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Review of Milne, Krista A. 2025. The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England: Institutional Collections. Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pp. 311. ISBN 978019892022.

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References

Bartlett, Robert. 2024. History in Flames: The Destruction and Survival of Medieval Manuscripts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ovenden, Richard. 2020. Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack. London: John Murray.

Ryley, Hannah. 2022. Re-using Manuscripts in Late Medieval England: Repairing, Recycling, Sharing. York Manuscripts and Early Print Studies 4. York: York Medieval Press.

Treharne, Elaine. 2021. Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts: The Phenomenal Book. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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