Design and Distribution of Late Medieval Manuscripts in England - Couverture rigide

 
9781903153246: Design and Distribution of Late Medieval Manuscripts in England
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1903153247 ISBN 13 : 9781903153246
Editeur : York Medieval Press, 2008

Synopsis

One of the most important developments in medieval English literary studies since the 1980s has been the growth of manuscript studies. Long regarded as mere textual repositories, and treated superficially by editors, manuscripts are now acknowledged as centrally important in the study of later medieval texts. The essays collected here discuss aspects of the design and distribution of manuscripts in late medieval England, with a particular focus on vernacular manuscripts of the late fourteenth, fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Those in the first half consider material evidence for scribal decisions about design: these range from analysis of individual codices to broader discussions of particular types of manuscripts, both religious and secular. Later essays look at the evidence for the production and distribution of manuscripts of specific English texts or types of text. These include the major Middle English poems 'The Canterbury Tales' and 'Piers Plowman', as well as key religious works such as Love's 'Mirror', Hilton's 'Scale of Perfection', the 'Speculum Vitae' and 'The Pricke of Conscience', all of which survive in significant numbers of manuscripts. The comparison of secular and devotional texts illuminates shared networks of production and dissemination, and increases our knowledge of regional and metropolitan book production in the period before printing. Contributors: DANIEL W. MOSSER, JACOB THAISEN, TAKAKO KATO, SHERRY L. REAMES, AMELIA GROUNDS, ALEXANDRA BARRATT, JULIAN M. LUXFORD, LINNE R. MOONEY, MICHAEL G. SARGENT, JOHN J. THOMPSON, MARGARET CONNOLLY, RALPH HANNA, GEORGE R. KEISER.

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À propos des auteurs

Margaret Connolly is Professor of Palaeography and Codicology at the University of St. Andrews.

SHERRY L. REAMES is Professor Emerita of English and Medieval Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Éditeur
York Medieval Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1903153247
ISBN 13 
9781903153246
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
Éditeur
Connolly Margaret, Mooney Linne R
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