The Guild Book of the Barbers and Surgeons of York (British Library, Egerton MS 2572). Study and Edition, Hardback - ***

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Chantry Westwell has used her profound knowledge of the British Library's illuminated manuscript collections to explore some of literature's most c...

With a foreword by Kathleen Jamie. The Heart of the Forest explores four enduring ways in which we connect to the woods - through Refuge, Sacrednes...

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