The Cambridge Companion To Medieval British Manuscripts
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Author |
: Orietta Da Rold |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 341 |
Release |
: 2020-12-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107102460 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107102464 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts by : Orietta Da Rold
Explains the methods and knowledge required to understand how, why, and for whom manuscripts were made in medieval Britain.
Author |
: Orietta Da Rold |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2020-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108840576 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108840574 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Paper in Medieval England by : Orietta Da Rold
Explains the methods and knowledge to understand how and why paper was used in medieval writing and beyond.
Author |
: Alexa Sand |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 433 |
Release |
: 2014-03-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107032224 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107032229 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis Vision, Devotion, and Self-Representation in Late Medieval Art by : Alexa Sand
Focuses on one of the most attractive features of late medieval manuscript illumination: the portrait of the book owner at prayer within the pages of her prayer-book.
Author |
: Roberta L. Krueger |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 182 |
Release |
: 2000-06-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521556872 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521556873 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance by : Roberta L. Krueger
This Companion presents fifteen original and engaging essays by leading scholars on one of the most influential genres of Western literature. Chapters describe the origins of early verse romance in twelfth-century French and Anglo-Norman courts and analyze the evolution of verse and prose romance in France, Germany, England, Italy, and Spain throughout the Middle Ages. The volume introduces a rich array of traditions and texts and offers fresh perspectives on the manuscript context of romance, the relationship of romance to other genres, popular romance in urban contexts, romance as mirror of familiar and social tensions, and the representation of courtly love, chivalry, 'other' worlds and gender roles. Together the essays demonstrate that European romances not only helped to promulgate the ideals of elite societies in formation, but also held those values up for questioning. An introduction, a chronology and a bibliography of texts and translations complete this lively, useful overview.
Author |
: Elaine Treharne |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 263 |
Release |
: 2022-01-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192843814 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192843818 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts by : Elaine Treharne
Perceptions of Medieval Manuscripts takes as its starting point an understanding that a medieval book is a whole object at every point of its long history. As such, medieval books can be studied most profitably in a holistic manner as objects-in-the-world. This means readers might profitably account for all aspects of the manuscript in their observations, from the main texts that dominate the codex to the marginal notes, glosses, names, and interventions made through time. This holistic approach allows us to tell the story of the book's life from the moment of its production to its use, collection, breaking-up, and digitization--all aspects of what can be termed 'dynamic architextuality'. The ten chapters include detailed readings of texts that explain the processes of manuscript manufacture and writing, taking in invisible components of the book that show the joy and delight clearly felt by producers and consumers. Chapters investigate the filling of manuscripts' blank spaces, presenting some texts never examined before, and assessing how books were conceived and understood to function. Manuscripts' heft and solidness can be seen, too, in the depictions of miniature books in medieval illustrations. Early manuscripts thus become archives and witnesses to individual and collective memories, best read as 'relics of existence', as Maurice Merleau-Ponty describes things. As such, it is urgent that practices fragmenting the manuscript through book-breaking or digital display are understood in the context of the book's wholeness. Readers of this study will find chapters on multiple aspects of medieval bookness in the distant past, the present, and in the assurance of the future continuity of this most fascinating of cultural artefacts.
Author |
: Michael Johnston |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 319 |
Release |
: 2015-08-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107066199 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107066190 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Medieval Manuscript Book by : Michael Johnston
This book situates the medieval manuscript within its cultural contexts, with chapters by experts in bibliographical and theoretical approaches to manuscript study.
Author |
: Phillipa Hardman |
Publisher |
: Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages |
: 491 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781843844723 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1843844729 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Legend of Charlemagne in Medieval England by : Phillipa Hardman
The first full-length examination of the medieval Charlemagne tradition in the literature and culture of medieval England, from the Chanson de Roland to Caxton. The Matter of France, the legendary history of Charlemagne, had a central but now largely unrecognised place in the multilingual culture of medieval England. From the early claim in the Chanson de Roland that Charlemagne held England as his personal domain, to the later proliferation of Middle English romances of Charlemagne, the materials are woven into the insular political and cultural imagination. However, unlike the wide range of continental French romances, the insular tradition concentrates on stories of a few heroic characters: Roland, Fierabras, Otinel. Why did writers and audiences in England turn again and again to these narratives, rewriting and reinterpreting them for more than two hundred years? This book offers the first full-length, in-depth study of the tradition as manifested in literature and culture. It investigates the currency and impact of the Matter of France with equal attention to English and French-language texts, setting each individual manuscript or early printed text in its contemporary cultural and political context. The narratives are revealed to be extraordinarily adaptable, using the iconic opposition between Carolingian and Saracen heroes to reflect concerns with national politics, religious identity, the future of Christendom, chivalry and ethics, and monarchy and treason. PHILLIPA HARDMAN is Readerin Medieval English Literature (retired) at the University of Reading; MARIANNE AILES is Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Bristol.
Author |
: Lotte Hellinga |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 846 |
Release |
: 1999-12-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521573467 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521573467 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain by : Lotte Hellinga
This volume of The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain presents an overview of the century-and-a-half between the death of Chaucer in 1400 and the incorporation of the Stationers' Company in 1557. The profound changes during that time in social, political and religious conditions are reflected in the dissemination and reception of the written word. The manuscript culture of Chaucer's day was replaced by an ambience in which printed books would become the norm. The emphasis in this collection of essays is on the demand and use of books. Patterns of ownership are identified as well as patterns of where, why and how books were written, printed, bound, acquired, read and passed from hand to hand. The book trade receives special attention, with emphasis on the large part played by imports and on links with printers in other countries, which were decisive for the development of printing and publishing in Britain.
Author |
: Richard John Tarrant |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 205 |
Release |
: 2016-03-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780521766579 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0521766575 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Texts, Editors, and Readers by : Richard John Tarrant
A critical reassessment of the methods of Latin textual criticism and editing, in a form accessible to non-specialists.
Author |
: Bernhard Bischoff |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 218 |
Release |
: 2007-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521037115 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521037112 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Manuscripts and Libraries in the Age of Charlemagne by : Bernhard Bischoff
Bernhard Bischoff (1906-1991) was one of the most renowned scholars of medieval palaeography of the twentieth century. His most outstanding contribution to learning was in the field of Carolingian studies, where his work is based on the catalogue of all extant ninth-century manuscripts and fragments. In this book, Michael Gorman has selected and translated seven of his classic essays on aspects of eighth- and ninth-century culture. They include an investigation of the manuscript evidence and the role of books in the transmission of culture from the sixth to the ninth century, and studies of the court libraries of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious. Bischoff also explores centres of learning outside the court in terms of the writing centres and the libraries associated with major monastic and cathedral schools respectively. This rich collection provides a full, coherent study of Carolingian culture from a number of different yet interdependent aspects, providing insights for scholars and students alike.