Showing Elizabeth I in a new light - #Medieval #manuscripts blog

These manuscripts reveal a continuous process of revision of the text prior to publication, with multiple crossings out, amendments and additions. Most notably, there are dozens of pages on which the original text has been pasted over, with new wording written on top.

By using transmitted light, the Library has now been able to reveal what is under those pastedowns, and to read the original text of #Camden's #Annals for the first time in 400 years.
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/07/showing-elizabeth-i-in-a-new-light.html