Manuscript Appendix A describes the 182 “practical manuscripts” analyzed in Reading Practice, with information on the parameters used to identify those specific manuscripts. View a spreadsheet containing information on the format and contents of each manuscript, or download that data in CSV form.

Manuscript Appendix B contains transcriptions of all reader marks in my corpus of 182 practical manuscripts that can be dated or attributed to a reader, as well as notes about other additions to manuscripts, like added recipes or corrections, and the approximate date of each mark.

Manuscript Appendix C contains descriptions of reader cancellations and censorship in practical manuscripts. Both kinds of reader marks tell a story about the ways English readers interacted with books of natural knowledge, and in turn, how that natural knowledge shaped their relationship to their bodies and the wider world.