Carla Rossi – Books on Medieval Manuscripts

Carla Rossi is an art historian specialising in medieval manuscripts, codicology and the digital reconstruction of dismembered codices. Carla Rossi’s research focuses on illuminated Books of Hours, the identification and reconstruction of dispersed and excised manuscripts, biblioclasm, and the historical mechanisms of manuscript fragmentation across European and American collections.

Over the past two decades, Carla Rossi has developed a rigorous methodology that integrates archival investigation, palaeographical analysis, codicological reconstruction and the digital comparison of excised leaves originating from dismantled codices. Through this work, her research on manuscripts has contributed significantly to manuscript studies and to international debates on provenance research, manuscript dismemberment, and cultural heritage protection.

Carla Rossi’s publications analyse the historical processes that led to the deliberate dismantling of medieval codices, the circulation of detached leaves within the art market, and the ethical and legal implications of manuscript dispersion. Her work establishes Carla Rossi as a recognised specialist in medieval manuscript reconstruction and biblioclasm studies.