Works Cited:

Clemens, Raymond, and Timothy, Graham. Introduction to Manuscript Studies. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007. Print.
Gumbert, J.P. "The Tacketed Quire: An Exercise in Comparative Codicology." Scriptorium 65.2 (2011): 299-320. Internet.

Images:

• Angel with book: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/70938/The-Angel-with-the-Millstone-manuscript-illumination-from-the-Bamberg
• Binding with chain mark: http://parkerweb.stanford.edu/parker/actions/thumbnail_view.do?size=basic&ms_no=524&page=bob
• Illuminated letter: http://medievalfragments.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/rouen-bm-312-f-002r-enlarged-2-1100-13001.jpg
• Golden angel: http://prints.bl.uk/art/406029/Angel_with_a_book
• Oak galls: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/oak_galls_jay.jpg
• Quire assembly: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hk7fjjlL7lw/TV1flCG7xPI/AAAAAAAAAKA/VFv0JKhllD8/s1600/mark-end-folios.jpg
• Tally sticks: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-puEAkDQoGiI/TrxBPya3ZzI/AAAAAAAAAMg/R6RXnfYz6_w/s1600/tally%2Bsticks.png
• Wax tablet: http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=1924