The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts

Herausgeber: Da Rold, Orietta; Treharne, Elaine

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book orientates students in the complex, multidisciplinary study of medieval book production and contemporary display of manuscripts. It illustrates the major methodologies and explains why skills in understanding early book production are so critical for reading, editing, and accessing a rich cultural heritage.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Companions to Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781107500143
• ISBN-10: 1107500141
• Artikelnr.: 59511222

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. The matter of manuscripts and methodologies Orietta Da Rold and Elaine Treharne
Part I. How Do We Study the Manuscript?: 1. Describing and cataloguing medieval English manuscripts: a checklist Richard Beadle and Ralph Hanna
2. Reading a manuscript description Donald Scragg
3. Reading and understanding scripts Julia Crick and Dan Wakelin
4. Working with images in manuscripts Beatrice Kitzinger
5. The sum of the book: structural codicology and medieval manuscript culture Ryan Perry
Part II. Why Do We Study the Manuscript?: 6. Networks of writers and readers Elaine Treharne and Orietta Da Rold
7. The written word: literacy across languages Jane Gilbert and Sara Harris
8. The Wycliffite Bible Elizabeth Solopova
9. Editing medieval manuscripts for modern audiences Helen Fulton
10. Where were books made and kept? Tessa Webber
Part III. Where Do We Study the Manuscript?: 11. Charming the snake: accessing and disciplining the medieval manuscript Sian Echard and Andrew Prescott
12. The curation and display of digital medieval manuscripts Suzanne Paul
13. The trade A. S. G. Edwards
Further reading
Index.