Publisher's Synopsis
Originally written to accompany a 1994 Bodleian Library exhibition, this is a beautifully-illustrated and elegantly written testament to the cross-fertilization of European culture and tradition in the Middle Ages and early Modern period. The manuscripts and books presented here-including Ptolemy's "Cosmographia" and a Pilgrim's guide to the Holy Land-reveal the lively "trafficking of ideas" across the Continent.
