The Structure of a Medieval Manuscript

For more than a thousand years all manuscripts were written and illustrated by hand. By the Middle Ages, books were being made by folding sheets of parchment, arranging them into gatherings, and assembling and binding them together. This animation from the Getty Museum illustrates how medieval books were constructed--a feat of engineering that remains essentially the same today. Love Art? Hit Subscribe! ( Download video (ZIP files): HD 480p (MOV 34 MB) -- iPod/iPhone (M4V 17 MB) -- Related exhibition: #manuscripts #gettymanuscripts #gettymuseum