The Medieval Book

What were books like in the Middle Ages? How did people make books before they used printing presses and paper? Join students as they visit a rare books library and look at some of the many medieval manuscripts that survive today. Come along as students take a magical journey into the past to find out how medieval books were made: learn what they were made of, who made them, and how they were written, decorated, and bound by hand. Then take a closer look at medieval Bibles, science books, and prayer books to learn how every medieval manuscript tells a story about life in the Middle Ages, through its size, organization, and decoration, as well as its words. Educational author: Rosemarie McGerr, Ph.D., Department of Comparative Literature, Indiana University.