Looking at Medieval books : learning to see
Unlike books familiar to us from print culture, every medieval book is unique, the product of individual circumstances of planning, execution, and history. This is a fundamental difficulty for study, particularly for those beginning the investigation of texts in manuscript. There are two conventiona...
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| Format: | Livre papier |
| Language: | Anglais |
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press
C 2023.
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| Series: | Exeter medieval texts and studies
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Looking at medieval books, learning to see, Ralph Hanna, 2023, Liverpool, Liverpool university press, Exeter medieval texts and studies, 978-1-80207-434-5 |
| Summary: | Unlike books familiar to us from print culture, every medieval book is unique, the product of individual circumstances of planning, execution, and history. This is a fundamental difficulty for study, particularly for those beginning the investigation of texts in manuscript. There are two conventional ways of approaching this difficulty: explaining the series of processes by which a manuscript book is constructed and explaining how to construct a professional description of a manuscript book. Neither addresses a problem fundamental for beginners: what happens when a librarian presents you with a manuscript? How should you proceed? Fundamentally, this is a problem of visual examination, and taking its procedure from the grand M. R. James and M. B. Parkes, this book attempts to stimulate the visual and experiential. It attempts, in a heavily exemplified account, to explain what might be there in a manuscript to perceive and what it might mean. The argument follows a process of examination that begins with the physical bulk of what's in front of you (and its cover, or binding) and ends with traces of the book's history. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (X-164 pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Notes bibliographiques. Index |
| ISBN: | 9781802078572 (relié) 9781836243434 (broché) |