Literary Manuscripts

This beautifully illustrated book explores the stories behind over fifty literary manuscripts held at the Bodleian Library. Covering a time span of nearly three millennia, the book features the work of some of the world’s best-known authors, including novelists, poets, dramatists and children’s writers. Centuries-old items include papyrus fragments of work by Homer and Sappho, Cædmon’s Hymn as featured in an 11th-century manuscript, and 15th-century illuminated manuscripts of works by Christin