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almafu_9959695710002883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xx, 827 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-18355-6
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1-316-18306-8
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0-511-97802-2
Inhalt:
This is the first comprehensive survey of the history of the book in Britain from Roman through Anglo-Saxon to early Norman times. The expert contributions explore the physical form of books, including their codicology, script and decoration, examine the circulation and exchange of manuscripts and texts between England, Ireland, the Celtic realms and the Continent, discuss the production, presentation and use of different classes of texts, ranging from fine service books to functional schoolbooks, and evaluate the libraries that can be associated with particular individuals and institutions. The result is an authoritative account of the first millennium of the history of books, manuscript-making, and literary culture in Britain which, intimately linked to its cultural contexts, sheds vital light on broader patterns of political, ecclesiastical and cultural history extending from the period of the Vindolanda writing tablets through the age of Bede and Alcuin to the time of the Domesday Book.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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From Vindolanda to Domesday: the book in Britain from the Romans to the Normans /
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THE MAKING OF BOOKS --
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The material fabric of early British books /
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Anglo-Saxon scribes and scriptoria /
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Writing in the Insular world /
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Script in Wales, Scotland and Cornwall /
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English vernacular script /
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Latin script in England c. 900-1100 /
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The design and decoration of Insular gospel-books and other liturgical manuscripts, c. 600 -- c. 900 /
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The decoration of the earliest Welsh manuscripts /
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Book decoration in England, c. 871 -- c. 1100 /
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Bookbindings /
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THE CIRCULATION OF BOOKS --
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Exchanges between the British Isles and the Continent, c. 450 -- c. 900 /
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The circulation of books between England and the Celtic realms /
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The circulation of books between England and the Continent, c. 871 -- c. 1100 /
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TYPES OF BOOKS AND THEIR USES --
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The book in Roman Britain /
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The use of the book in Wales, c. 400-1100 /
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The biblical manuscripts of Anglo-Saxon England /
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Anglo-Saxon gospel-books, c. 900-1066 /
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Liturgical books /
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Anglo-Saxon prayerbooks /
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Psalters /
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Music books /
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Anglo-Saxon schoolbooks /
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Law books /
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Manuscripts of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle /
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Old English homiliaries and poetic manuscripts /
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COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS --
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Patrick, apostle of the Irish /
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The library of Iona at the time of Adomnán /
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Literacy in Anglo-Saxon England /
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Aldhelm's library /
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The library of the Venerable Bede /
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The library of Alcuin's York /
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The library of Cynewulf /
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King Alfred and his circle /
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Ælfric's library /
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The library of Byrhtferth /
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The library of Wulfstan of York /
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Rhygyfarch ap Sulien and Ieuan ap Sulien /
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CODA --
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The study of early British books /
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Bibliography --
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Concordance of named manuscripts.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-108-74604-7
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-58345-4
Sprache:
Englisch
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