"This beautifully illustrated book provides an accessible introduction to the medieval manuscript and what it can tell us about the world in which it was made and used. Captured in the materiality of manuscripts are the data enabling us to make sense of the preferences and habit…
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"This part of the guide will provide an overview of printing a book, first describing the processes of making a book and then considering some of their consequences for the economics of book production. The second part of this guide will give more detailed information on these p…
"Studying Early Printed Books, 1450 - 1800 offers a guide to the fascinating process of how books were printed in the first centuries of the press and shows how the mechanics of making books shapes how we read and understand them. The author offers an insightful overview of how …
Thousands of documentary and literary texts written on papyri and potsherds, in Egyptian, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Persian, have transformed our knowledge of many aspects of life in the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern worlds. Here experts provide a comprehensive…
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The 'Book of Donors' for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. This study comprehensively analyzes this unpublished manuscript and shows the types and patterns of g…
The 'Book of Donors' for Strasbourg cathedral is an extraordinary medieval document dating from ca. 1320-1520, with 6954 entries from artisan, merchant and aristocratic classes. This study comprehensively analyzes this unpublished manuscript and shows the types and patterns of g…
