Marvel and artefact : the 'wonders of the east' in its manuscript contexts /
"Marvel and Artefact examines the three surviving manuscripts of Wonders of the East (London, BL, Cotton Vitellius A. xv; London, BL, Cotton Tiberius B. v; and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 614). After outlining the learned tradition of writing on monsters and marvels and the family of texts...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2015.
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Colección: | Library of the written word ;
v. 45. Library of the written word. Manuscript world ; v. 7. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Marvel and Artefact: The 'Wonders of the East' in Its Manuscript Contexts
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures and Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- 1: 'The Manifold Uses of Things': The Early Medieval Book as Artefact
- 2: The Wonders of the East and the Learned Tradition of Marvels
- Introduction
- A Brief Overview of the Learned Tradition
- The 'Wonders of the East' and the 'Letter of Pharasmenes to Hadrian'
- 3: The Wonders in a Manuscript of Unknown Origin: London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius A. xv
- Introduction
- Illustration
- Homodubii
- Cynocephali and Donestre
- Other Similarities
- Conclusion
- Palaeography
- Anglo-Saxon Square Minuscule: Scribe 2
- Style-I English Vernacular Minuscule: Scribe 1
- The Significance of Distinct Scripts in Vitellius A. xv
- Codicology
- The Consensus Quires
- The Contested Quires
- The 'Wonders' in Vitellius A. xv: 'Speaking Beyond the Light'
- 4: The Wonders and the Computus Manuscript: London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B. v
- Introduction
- The Origin and Audience of Tiberius B. v
- Reading Books and the Monastic Library
- The Materiality of Tiberius B. v
- Page Design in Tiberius B. v
- The 'Wonders of the East'
- The Calendar
- Tiberius B. v: The Semiotics of the 'Computus' Manuscript
- The 'Wonders of the East' as Semiotic
- The Land of Vineyards and the Ivory Couch
- The Mountain of Adamant and the Griffin
- The Phoenix and Its Nest of Cinnamon
- The Unnamed Fiery Mountain and Its Black Inhabitants
- Jamnes and Mambres
- Conclusion
- 5: The Wonders and the Schools: Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 614
- Introduction
- The Problem of Dating Bodley 614
- Codicological Considerations
- Art-Historical Considerations
- Palaeographical Considerations
- Textual Considerations
- Summary.
- The Origin and Sources of Bodley 614
- A Palaeographical Comparandum?
- The Calendar
- The Additions from William of Conches's 'De philosophia mundi'
- De miraculis beati Thomae apostoli
- St Urri and the Folklore of Megalithic Monuments
- Evidence Concerning 'Opusculum de ratione spere'
- Summary
- The Social Relations of the 'Twelfth-Century Renaissance'
- Bodley 614 and the Practice of the Schools
- Selection and Compilation
- Self-Aware Commentary
- An Illustrative Tradition
- The Mythographic Mode
- The Fighting Brothers
- The Dancing Women
- Conclusion
- 6 The Materiality of Marvels
- Postscript
- Appendix: Summary Descriptions of the Wonders Manuscripts
- Bibliography
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Ancient and Medieval Authors and Texts.