Writing on hands : memory and knowledge in early modern Europe / Claire Richter Sherman ; with contributions by Brian P. Copenhaver [and others] ; edited by Claire Richter Sherman and Peter M. Lukehart.

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Writing on hands : memory and knowledge in early modern Europe / Claire Richter Sherman ; with contributions by Brian P. Copenhaver [and others] ; edited by Claire Richter Sherman and Peter M. Lukehart.