UID:
edocfu_9959695792902883
Format:
1 online resource (xxiv, 615 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-05420-1
Content:
This is the first history of the book in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the early fifteenth century. The twenty-six expert contributors to this volume discuss the manuscript book from a variety of angles: as physical object (manufacture, format, writing and decoration); its purpose and readership (books for monasteries, for the Church's liturgy, for elementary and advanced instruction, for courtly entertainment); and as the vehicle for particular types of text (history, sermons, medical treatises, law and administration, music). In all of this, the broader, changing social and cultural context is kept in mind, and so are the various connections with continental Europe. The volume includes a full bibliography and 80 black and white plates.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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Preface /
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The roles of books --
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Books and society /
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Language and literacy /
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Book production --
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The format of books --
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Layout and presentation of the text /
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Technology of production of the manuscript book --
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Parchment and paper, ruling and ink /
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Illumination --
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Bookbindings /
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Handwriting in English books /
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Monastic and cathedral book production /
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Urban production of manuscript books and the role of the university towns /
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Readership, libraries, texts and contexts --
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Library catalogues and indexes /
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University and monastic texts --
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Biblical exegesis, theology, and philosophy /
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Latin learning and Latin literature /
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Encyclopaedias /
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Law /
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Books for the liturgy and private prayer /
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Compilations for preaching and Lollard literature --
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Compilations for preaching /
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Lollard literature /
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Spiritual writings and religious instruction /
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Vernacular literature and its readership --
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The Anglo-Norman book /
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Middle English literary writings, 1150-1400 /
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The Welsh book /
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History and history books /
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Archive books /
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Scientific and medical writings --
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The introduction of scientific texts into Britain, c. 1100-1250 /
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University books and the sciences, c.1250-1400 /
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Music /
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Illustration and ornament /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-63676-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-78218-X
Language:
English
