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An analysis of how collections of cuttings or fragments of medieval manuscripts, assembled in the 19th century, were dispersed in the 1920s through sales at Sotheby's auction house in London.
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This essay will increase understanding of the movements of medieval manuscripts, and parts of medieval manuscripts (individual leaves or cuttings), during the inter-war era in England.
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This page is a summary of: FROM DRAWING ROOM TO SALE-ROOM:, June 2024, JSTOR,
DOI: 10.2307/jj.15944953.13.
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