Anathema!: Medieval Scribes and the History of Book Curses

13th century Abbey Abbot abstulerit accursed Amen ANATHEMA anathema sit ancient ANTIPHONER Ashtart Bible Bishop Bodleian Library boke book belongs BOOK CURSE BOOK OF HOURS book of Saint BOOKS-BESEECHED borrowed BREVIARY British Library British Museum Caiaphas Cambridge CANON century B.C. Clifford Maggs cloister COPY BOOK Courtesy earliest early England English excommunication Exeter folio furetur gathered God's GOSPELS Greek hand Hell Holy hunc librum illuminator John Judas KALENDAR King labor later Latin LECTIONARY letters liber libri London MANUAL manuscript medieval medieval scribe Middle Ages MISSAL monastery Monastery of St monastic community monks oldest Oxford papyrus papyrus rolls parchment Pierpont Morgan Library Plate prayer priest protection PSALTER quis reader reference religious ruled Sancti scribe scriptorium Service book soul steals this book tablets takes this book thou translation Trinity College Library University VALUE OF BOOKS vellum volume Whoever steals words writing wrote York