Engages with the materiality of medieval manuscripts to illustrate the importance of the study of physical texts to literary appreciation, and studies marginal annotation, the physical characteristics of manuscripts and books, and miniature illustrations to show how the book was encountered and understood by medieval producers and readers. Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts, or to its engaging commentary on a fascinating array of manuscripts. Irrespective of whether or not it achieves the ambitious program proposed in the introduction, what it does so meticulously, and with authority, will not soon be surpassed.