A page within a page? This text fragment is a 14th century transcription of Ovid’s Heroides, carefully uncovered by Trina Parks-Matthews in our Conservation Lab. The parchment on which the text was written was reused as the cover of an early modern printed book, but now it can be read and studied by scholars, thanks to Trina and our experts at the library. “This manuscript fragment is exceptionally interesting,” said curator Laurent Ferri, who acquired the manuscript. “The Heroides were written