The European book in the twelfth century / edited by Erik Kwakkel (University of British Columbia, Vancouver), Rodney Thomson (University of Tasmania).
"The 'long twelfth century' (1075-1225) was an era of seminal importance in the development of the book in medieval Europe and marked a high point in its construction and decoration. This comprehensive study takes the cultural changes that occurred during the 'twelfth-century Ren...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Book Production; 1 Codicology; 2 Book Script; 3 Decoration and Illustration; 4 Scribes and Scriptoria; Part II Readers and Their Books; 5 Scholars and Their Books; 6 The Libraries of Religious Houses; 7 Modes of Reading; 8 Practices of Appropriation: Writing in the Margin; Part III Types of Books; 9 Hebrew Books; 10 Liturgical Books; 11 Books of Theology and Bible Study; 12 Logic; 13 The Classical Revival
- 14 Reading the Sciences15 Medical Books; 16 Law Books; 17 Vernacular Manuscripts I: Britain and France; 18 Vernacular Manuscripts II: Germany; Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts; General Index