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Ancient literature, medieval books and the craft of reading with your hands

Four sessions: from the monsters of the margins to modern cartooning....

A one-off videoconference: from the illuminator's workshop to the engraver's....

La marca de agua como huella digital: datar un papel mirándolo a contraluz....

What it cost to write a book when the writing surface was a flock....

The best-seller of the Middle Ages, in the facsimile edition that put it back on the table....

A workshop visit: leather, paste, patience and a press older than the neighbourhood....

Glosses, scribal complaints and impossible drawings: the literature that grew at the edge of the page....

Gatherings, raised bands, endbands: the body of the medieval book, piece by piece....