The Cambridge history of the book in Britain. Vol. 2, 1100-1400 / edited by Nigel Morgan and Rodney M. Thomson.
26 expert contributions to this volumes discuss the manuscript book from a variety of angles: as physical object (manufacture, format, writing, and decoration), its purpose and readership, and as a vehicle for particular types of text (history, sermons, medical treatises, law and administration, mus...
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Table of Contents:
- Preface / Rodney M. Thomson and Nigel Morgan
- The roles of books
- Books and society / Christopher de Hamel
- Language and literacy / Rodney M. Thomson and Nigel Morgan
- Book production
- The format of books
- Layout and presentation of the text / M.B. Parkes
- Technology of production of the manuscript book
- Parchment and paper, ruling and ink / Rodney M. Thomson
- Illumination
- Bookbindings / Michael Gullick and Nicholas Hadgraft
- Handwriting in English books / M.B. Parkes
- Monastic and cathedral book production / Rodney M. Thomson
- Urban production of manuscript books and the role of the university towns / M.A. Michael
- Readership, libraries, texts and contexts
- Library catalogues and indexes / Richard Sharpe
- University and monastic texts
- Biblical exegesis, theology, and philosophy / Jeremy Catto
- Latin learning and Latin literature / Jan Ziolkowski
- Encyclopaedias / Michael Twomey
- Law / Nigel Ramsay
- Books for the liturgy and private prayer / Nigel Morgan
- Compilations for preaching and Lollard literature
- Compilations for preaching / Alan J. Fletcher
- Lollard literature / Anne Hudson
- Spiritual writings and religious instruction / Alexandra Barratt
- Vernacular literature and its readership
- The Anglo-Norman book / Tony Hunt
- Middle English literary writings, 1150-1400 / Julia Boffey and A.S.G. Edwards
- The Welsh book / Daniel Huws
- History and history books / Geoffrey Martin and Rodney M. Thomson
- Archive books / Nigel Ramsay
- Scientific and medical writings
- The introduction of scientific texts into Britain, c. 1100-1250 / Charles Burnett
- University books and the sciences, c.1250-1400 / Peter Murray Jones
- Music / Nicolas Bell
- Illustration and ornament / Martin Kauffmann.