In the Middle Ages, rolls were ubiquitous as a writing support. While scholars have long examined the texts and images on rolls, they have rarely taken the manuscripts themselves into account. This volume readdresses this imbalance by focusing on the materiality and various usages of rolls in late medieval England and France. Researchers from England, France, Germany and Singapore demonstrate in 11 contributions how this approach can increase our understanding of the rolls and their contents, as well as the contexts in which they were produced and used.

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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- The Roll in England and France in the Late Middle Ages -- Des rouleaux ± ordinaires » ? -- Le rouleau dans les procédures judiciaires au chapitre de Notre-Dame de Paris au XIIIe siècle -- Une déclaration des biens de Notre-Dame du Val (1362) -- Enrolment in Medieval English Government -- The Rolls Behind the Rolls -- The Onus Scaccarii Rolls Under Edward I (1272-1307) -- Les cartulaires-rouleaux de l'abbaye de Margam -- Roll or Codex for 'A tous nobles'? -- Neither Roll nor Codex -- The Power of Not Reading -- Conclusion -- Notes on Contributors -- Index

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