Rebinding Peterhouse manuscripts Ms. 247 and Ms. 251

by James Cassells In May 2023, I was asked to rebind two bound book manuscripts, which had been identified to be part of a funded programme to digitise certain medical manuscripts (‘Curious Cures’: https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/research/research-development/research-projects/curious-cures). The manuscripts are normally kept in the University Library, and due to their condition, were not in a safe state to...