Catherine Brown is Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Residential College at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

List of Abbreviations | ix
List of Figures | xi
List of Plates | xv
Preface | xvii
Introduction: The Articulate Codex, Manuscription, and Empathic Codicology | 1
1 Florentius's Body | 11
2 Monks at Work: Grammatica and Contemplative Manuscription | 33
3 The Garden of Colophons | 64
4 Manu mea: Charters, Presence, and the Authority of Inscription | 92
5 Makers and the Inscribed Environment | 106
6 Remember Maius: The Library and the Tomb | 128
7 The Strange Time of Handwriting | 160
8 The Weavers of Albelda | 185
Conclusion: The Handy Manuscript | 207
Acknowledgments | 217
Notes | 221
Manuscripts Cited | 291
Bibliography | 293
Index | 321
Plates follow page 168