| Description |
1 online resource (617 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles |
| Series |
Cambridge histories online |
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Cambridge histories online
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| 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 |
| Summary |
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, music) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Books -- Great Britain -- History -- 400-1450
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Books
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Morgan, Nigel J.
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Thomson, Rodney M
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| ISBN |
9781139054201 |
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1139054201 |
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9781139054201 |
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9780511466731 |
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0511466730 |
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