Doyle, Ian, 1925-2018

A.I. Doyle was one of the leading British palaeographers during the latter half of the 20th century. His work on the many thousands of codices containing the surviving writings in Middle English was a major contribution to a more general revolution in medieval manuscript studies that took place over the period, and continued well into the present century. He spent much of his working life as Keeper of Rare Books at Durham University Library, also contributing widely to the study of early printed materials, and to the establishment of standards in the care of special collections.

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