The History of Manuscripts

The reformation and the dissolution of the monasteries is clearly a key moment in which a huge number of manuscripts are destroyed. But several scholars have argued that it's also in this moment that people start to experience a kind of nostalgia for the past, and start to see old manuscripts could be valuable as fascinating historical artifacts. So i'm going to jump a little bit here, just a little bit, but its perhaps jumping backwards. How were manuscripts actually made, and what were they made from, and that kind of thing Yes.