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Dr. Kathleen Doyle, The British Library

About Dr. Kathleen Doyle, The British Library

Dr. Kathleen Doyle is Lead Curator for Illuminated manuscripts at the British Library

Making Manuscripts: The Page — How did scribes prepare their pages for writing?

Making Manuscripts: The Page

by Dr. Kathleen Doyle, The British Library

The Utrecht Psalter, c. 825, Hautvilliers, near Reims, France, 380 x 310 mm (Universiteitsbibliotheek, Utrecht, MS 32, ff. 7v–8r), courtesy Universiteitsbibliothek, Utrecht — Expressive, emotional, and energetic, the Utrecht Psalter is not what you expect in a book written 1200 years ago.

The Utrecht Psalter and its influence

by Dr. Kathleen Doyle, The British Library and Dr. Beth Harris

The Lindisfarne Gospels, c. 700 (Northumbria), 340 x 250 mm (British Library, Cotton MS Nero D IV) © 2019 British Library, used by permission — The “cross-carpet” pages of this early 8th-century manuscript weave together birds, knots, spirals—and the Cross.

The Lindisfarne Gospels

by Dr. Kathleen Doyle, The British Library and Louisa Woodville