Turning over a New Leaf: Change and Development in the Medieval Book

Open Access Published by Leiden University Press 2012

Turning over a New Leaf

Change and Development in the Medieval Book

Edited by: Erik Kwakkel , Rosamond McKitterick and Rodney Thomson

In the series Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Book Culture

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789400600744

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About this book

Books before print – manuscripts – were modified continuously throughout the medieval period. Focusing on the ninth and twelfth centuries, this volume explores such material changes as well as the varying circumstances under which handwritten books were produced, used and collected. An important theme is the relationship between the physical book and its users. Can we reflect on reading practices through an examination of the layout of a text? To what extent can we use the contents of libraries to understand the culture of the book? The volume explores such issues by focusing on a broad palette of texts and through a detailed analysis of manuscripts from all corners of Europe.

Author / Editor information

Kwakkel Erik :

Erik Kwakkel teaches at Leiden University, where he directs the research project ‘Turning over a New Leaf: Manuscript Innovation in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance’.McKitterick Rosamond :

Rosamond McKitterick is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge.Thomson Rodney :

Rodney Thomson is Emeritus Professor at the School of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania (Hobart, Australia).

Reviews

"an outstanding contribution to the field of medieval codicology" -- Steven Vanderputten, professor Medieval History, University Ghent |"these essays do indeed ‘turn over a new leaf’ in the development of the history of the book" -- Marco Mostert, professor Medieval Literacy, University Utrecht)

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface Open Access Download PDF	7
List of Figures and Plates Open Access Download PDF	11
Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	13
Introduction: Gerard Isaac Lieftinck J. P. Gumbert Open Access Download PDF	15
Glossaries and Other Innovations in Carolingian Book Production Rosamond McKitterick Open Access Download PDF	21
Biting, Kissing and the Treatment of Feet: The Transitional Script of the Long Twelfth Century Erik Kwakkel Open Access Download PDF	79
The Place of Germany in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance: Books, Scriptoria and Libraries Rodney Thomson Open Access Download PDF	127
Appendix Open Access Download PDF	141
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	145
Notes on the Authors Open Access Download PDF	165
Colour Plates Open Access Download PDF	169
Graphs Open Access Download PDF	206
Index of Manuscripts Open Access Download PDF	209
General Index Open Access Download PDF	219

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Language: English
Publisher: Leiden University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Medieval History; Book History; High Middle Ages; Manuscript culture; Culture studies

eBook

Published: March 22, 2012
ISBN: 9789400600744