UID:
edocfu_9959649138502883
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9789400602106
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9400602103
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9400602111
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9789400602113
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9789087282264
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9087282265
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9789087283278
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908728327X
Content:
This volume explores the production and use of medieval manuscripts that contain classical Latin texts. Six experts in the field address a range of topics related to these manuscripts, including how classical texts were disseminated throughout medieval society, how readers used and interacted with specific texts, and what these books look like from a material standpoint. This collection of essays also considers the value of studying classical manuscripts as a distinct group, and demonstrates how such a collective approach can add to our understanding of how classical works functioned in medieval society. Focusing on the period 800-1200, when classical works played a crucial role in the teaching of grammar, rhetoric, and dialectics, this volume investigates how classical Latin texts were copied, used, and circulated in both discrete and shared contexts.
Note:
Figures and Plates -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Manuscripts of the Latin Classics 800-1200: An Introduction -- Carolingian Scholarship on Classical Authors: Practices of Reading and Writing -- The Transmission of Tibullus in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries -- Diagrams of Knowledge and Rhetoric in Manuscripts of Cicero's De inventione -- Classics on Scraps: Classical Manuscripts Made from Parchment Waste -- Living with Ovid: The Founding of Arnulf of Orléans' Thebes -- William of Malmesbury and the Classics: New Evidence -- Notes on Contributors -- Colour Plates
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Index of Manuscripts -- General Index
Language:
English
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