1. ADAIR, General John. Governor of Kentucky. Served in the Revolutionary War, under St. Clair and Wilkinson against the Indians and defeated by the Miamis. Aid to Shelby at the Battle of the Thames 1813. Fine War A. L. S. to Governor Isaac Shelby. "Altho I have been necessarily absent for some time from the State 1 have lost none of the feeling of a Kentuckian, every disaster our brave men …
Books before print – manuscripts – were modified continuously throughout the medieval period. Focusing on the ninth and twelfth centuries, this volume explores such material changes as well as the varying circumstances under which handwritten books were produced, used and collected. An important theme is the relationship between the physical book and its users. Can we reflect on reading pra…