Publisher's Synopsis
Manuscript evidence is now seen as a much more practical indicator of medieval academic approaches and scholarly methodologies than medieval philosophical tracts. But despite the increased facility of extended international travel in recent decades, there are very few resources that provide detailed descriptions of large numbers of manuscripts or help locate useful manuscript materials. As a result, scholars are often forced to base studies on the examination of a very small number of manuscripts and are unable to discuss either the prevalence or the manuscript context of their materials.
