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Author: Caroline Danforth

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Translating Parchment: Deciphering Medieval German for Art in Translation

A special issue on parchment will appear this September 2021 in Art in Translation Caroline Danforth By 2018, I had amassed a considerable collection of German publications about parchment’s history, manufacture, and preservation. My mother had bestowed her children with the gift of her native tongue, German, which allowed me to enjoy these articles alongside …

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Video Update: Lena Zlock interviews Richard Ovenden about Burning the Books

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