Paper in Medieval England: From Pulp to Fictions

ISBN-13: 9781108814287 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 295 str.

Orietta (University of Cambridge) Da Rold

Opis

Explains the methods and knowledge to understand how and why paper was used in medieval writing and beyond.

Recenzje

'This is the great merit of Da Rold's book: it is a truly interdisciplinary study of paper in medieval England.' Joan A. Holladay, Manuscript Studies

Spis treści

Paper and culture in medieval England: an introduction; 1. Paper stories; 2. The economics of paper; 3. Writing on paper; 4. The character of paper and its use in medieval books; 5. Paper in the medieval literary imagination; 6. Epilogue: the age of paper.