%0 Book Section %T The Palace as ‘Theatre of Knowledge’: Performing with Manuscripts in the Alfonsine Court publisher De Gruyter %D 2023 %@ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/129041 %X Through three particularly representative examples of book culture in the time of Alfonso X, I will analyse the performative role of books acquired at the Alfonsine court, their symbolic and representational value, their functionality, but also their consultation, manipulation and preservation after the king’s death. %~