The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland: Medieval to 1707 (1) - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0748625046 ISBN 13 : 9780748625048

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Showcases cutting-edge research into the earliest history of the making of books in Scotland

• Discusses the earliest books to be made in Scotland, both in manuscript and in print
• Establishes the long and intertwined history of manuscripts and the printed book in Scotland through the newest research on the making of manuscripts, printed books and the book arts in Scotland across the medieval and early modern periods
• Provides cultural context in which books, manuscripts and printed materials were made, circulated and used

Over two parts, 69 leading scholars, librarians and archivists come together to analyse the development of the book in Scotland from the early seventh century BCE to the 1707 Union, from depictions of books in carved stone monuments to the printing presses of Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Glasgow producing pamphlets and receipts used for everyday business at the end of the seventeenth century. Part I: Foundations, Production and Expansion establishes the overall boundaries of manuscript and printed book history in Scotland across this millennium and sets the making of books within the wider cultural contexts at play, both at home and abroad. Scots were highly mobile across this one-thousand year period, moving for education and religious reasons, establishing businesses abroad and bringing home new styles and technology. This focused study adds to the narrative of an outward-facing emergent nation, rich in the written word and in a culture of reading, authorship and art.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Daryl Green is Associate Director for Heritage Collections and Co-Director of the Centre for Research Collections at the University of Edinburgh. Daryl has worked professionally with manuscripts and early printed books at York Minster Library, the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), the University of St Andrews and Oxford. He has published on early Scottish book ownership, the history of science communication and on professional topics such as exhibition theory and image rights.

Alastair J. Mann is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Scottish History at the University of Stirling. After a career in book publishing, for three decades Alastair has researched and published widely on the Scottish early modern book, especially on copyright and censorship, including his Saltire prize-winning The Scottish Book Trade, 1500 to 1720 (2000). He is an historian of the politics of the Restoration period and has published the biography King James VII: Duke and King of Scots, 1633-1701 (2014). His work also focuses on Scottish government and parliamentary history in Scotland and Europe from 1200 onwards. In digital humanities he is co-editor of the major online resource The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 (2008-19) at http://rps.ac.uk/ and Principal Investigator of the Leverhulme Trust funded Scottish Privy Council Project (2020-24) and co-editor of the Scottish Privy Council Records (1692-1708) (2024), at http://spcr.ac.uk/.

Joseph Marshall is Director of Collections Management at the National Library of Scotland. He trained as a rare books librarian and was Head of Special Collections at Edinburgh University Library for five years. His research interests include the writings of King James VI & I and he co-edited the edition published by Ashgate in 2003. His professional interests include digitisation, preservation and metadata.

Emily Wingfield is Professor of English and Older Scots Literature at the University of Birmingham. She specialises in Older Scots romance, manuscript culture, and women’s literary culture, with key publications including The Trojan Legend in Medieval Scottish Literature (2014) and the Saltire-shortlisted Scotland’s Royal Women and European Literary Culture 1424-1587 (2023). She is now working on an Anglophone critical edition and translation of the writings of Mary, Queen of Scots.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0748625046
• ISBN 13: 9780748625048
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Mann Alastair, Mapstone Sally
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible