Turning over a New Leaf : Change and Development in the Medieval Manuscript

Kwakkel, Erik; McKitterick, Rosamond; Thomson, Rodney

ISBN 10: 9087281552 / ISBN 13: 9789087281557

Editore: Leiden University Press, 2012

Codice articolo 18623039-n

Riassunto:

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.

Informazioni sugli autori:

Rosamond McKitterick is professor of medieval history at the University of Cambridge and a professorial fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Erik Kwakkel is lecturer at Leiden University. Rodney Thomson is emeritus professor at the School of History and Classsis at the University of Tasmania.

Erik Kwakkel teaches at Leiden University, where he directs the research project ‘Turning over a New Leaf: Manuscript Innovation in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance’.Rosamond McKitterick is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge.Rodney Thomson is Emeritus Professor at the School of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania (Hobart, Australia).

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Titolo: Turning over a New Leaf : Change and ...
Casa editrice: Leiden University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2012
Legatura: Brossura
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