Introduction to manuscript studies

Introduction to manuscript studies

by Clemens, Raymond

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"This book provides an orientation to the field of medieval manuscript studies. It will be of help to students in history, art history, literature, and religious studies who are encountering medieval manuscripts for the first time, while also appealing to advanced scholars and general readers interested in the history of the book before the age of print. Every chapter in this guidebook features numerous color plates that exemplify each aspect described in the text and are drawn primarily from t…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Introduction to manuscript studies / Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham.

Summary

"This book provides an orientation to the field of medieval manuscript studies. It will be of help to students in history, art history, literature, and religious studies who are encountering medieval manuscripts for the first time, while also appealing to advanced scholars and general readers interested in the history of the book before the age of print. Every chapter in this guidebook features numerous color plates that exemplify each aspect described in the text and are drawn primarily from the collections of the Newberry Library in Chicago and the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2007

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xvi, 301 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; : 31 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780801438639, 0801438632, 9780801487088, 0801487080
  • oclc:ocn122423508
  • LC Classification:Z105
  • Dewey Decimal:091

Table of Contents

Writing supports -- Text and decoration -- Correction, glossing, and annotation -- Assembling, binding, and storing the completed manuscript -- Working with medieval manuscripts -- Punctuation and abbreviation -- Encounters with damaged manuscripts -- Assessing manuscript origin and provenance -- Manuscript description -- Selected scripts -- The Bible and related texts -- Liturgical books and their calendars -- Books of hours -- Charters and cartularies -- Maps -- Rolls and scrolls -- Appendix : tools for the study of medieval Latin / by Anders Winroth -- Glossary.

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Subjects

Codicologie Codicology Handschriftenkunde Kodikologi Latijnse handschriften Latinsk paleografi Latinska handskrifter Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) Manuscripts, Medieval Manuscrits latins médiévaux et modernes Manuscrits médiévaux Medeltida handskrifter Paleografie Paléographie latine Paleography, Latin Printed books -- Specimens. -- 21st cen…

Writers

Clemens, Raymond Graham, Timothy

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