Turning Over a New Leaf: Change and Development in the Medieval Book

ISBN-13: 9789087281557 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 224 str.

Erik Kwakkel; Rosamond McKitterick; Rodney Thomson

Opis

This book looks particularly at the shift from manuscripts to the physical book, while taking into account the medieval book as not only as a source of information, but also as an aesthetic experience, a status symbol, and a shrewd investment. Tracing the rise of the book in the ninth and tenth century, this insightful study looks at the way in which the scribes eased the shift from manuscript to book through additions such as running titles and chapter numbers. A rich and intriguing history, Turning over a New Leaf examines how readers and the reading experience shape books, and vice versa.

Spis treści

Contents
Preface
List of Figures and Plates
Abbreviations
Gerard Isaac Lieftinck
Introduction: Gerard Isaac Lieftinck
Glossaries and Other Innovations in Carolingian Book Production
Biting, Kissing and the Treatment of Feet: The Transitional Script of the Long Twelfth Century
Appendix
The Place of Germany in theTwelfth-Century Renaissance: Books, Scriptoria and Libraries
Appendix
Bibliography
Notes on the Authors
Colour Plates
Graphs
Index of Manuscripts
General Index