Medieval English manuscripts and literary forms /

"In Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, Jessica Brantley offers an innovative introduction to manuscript culture that uses the artifacts themselves to open some of the most vital theoretical questions in medieval literary studies. With nearly 200 illustrations, many of them in colo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brantley, Jessica (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2022]
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Material texts.
Temas:
Manuscripts, Medieval > England.
Manuscripts, English (Middle)
Books > England > History > 400-1450.
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Manuscripts.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Manuscripts.
English literature > Old English, ca. 450-1100 > Criticism, Textual.
English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Criticism, Textual.
Manuscrits médiévaux > Angleterre.
Manuscrits anglais (moyen anglais)
Livres > Angleterre > Histoire > 400-1450.
Littérature anglaise > ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) > Manuscrits.
Littérature anglaise > 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) > Manuscrits.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Books
English literature > Middle English
English literature > Middle English > Manuscripts
English literature > Old English
English literature > Old English > Manuscripts
Manuscripts, Medieval
England
Beowulf.
Book of Margery Kempe.
Canterbury Tales.
England.
case study.
codex.
decoration.
handbook.
history of the book.
illuminated manuscript.
illumination.
illustration.
introduction.
literary form.
manuscript.
marginalia.
media studies.
medieval literature.
paleography.
parchment.
philology.
scribe.
script.
survey.
teaching.
toolkit.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Reading Medieval Books: Manuscript Studies in the Twenty-First Century
  • Reading Medieval Texts: Chaucer's "Adam Scriveyn"
  • The Anatomy of the Medieval Manuscript. 1. The Writing Surface
  • 1.1. Earlier Supports: Stone, Wax, Papyrus
  • 1.2. Parchment
  • 1.3. Paper
  • 2. Writing
  • 2.1. Pricking and Ruling
  • 2.2. Writing Instruments
  • 2.3. Scripts
  • 2.4. Abbreviation
  • Color Plates
  • 2.5. Punctuation
  • 2.6. Musical Notation
  • 2.7. Correction
  • 2.8. Annotation
  • 2.9. Editing
  • 3. Decoration and Illustration. 3.1. Rubrication
  • 3.2. Line Fillers
  • 3.3. Borders and Marginalia
  • 3.4. Initials
  • 3.5. Illustrations
  • 3.6. Diagrams and Maps
  • 4. Bindings and the Shape of the Book. 4.1. Roll
  • 4.2. Codex
  • 5. A Template for Manuscript Description
  • Case Studies: A Selection of English Literary Manuscripts. I. Literature : The Moore Bede (Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People and Other Items), Cambridge, University Library MS Kk.5.16
  • II. Afterlives: The Nowell Codex (Beowulf and Other Items), London, British Library MS Cotton Vitellius A.xv, ff. 94r-209v
  • III. Ownership : St. Albans Psalter, Hildesheim, Dombibliothek Hildesheim MS St. God. 1
  • IV. Language : Orrm, The Orrmulum, Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Junius 1
  • V. Miscellaneity : Trilingual Miscellany, London, British Library MS Harley 2253
  • VI. Geography : Roman d'Alexandre and Other Items, Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 264
  • VII. Authorship : The Gawain Manuscript (Pearl, Patience, Cleanness, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight), London, British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x/2
  • VIII. Writing : The Ellesmere Chaucer (Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales), San Marino, CA, Huntington Library MS EL 26 C 9
  • IX. Editing : William Langland, Piers Plowman
  • John Mandeville, Mandeville's Travels
  • Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde
  • and Other Items, San Marino, CA, Huntington Library MS HM 114
  • X. Mediation: The Book of Margery Kempe, London, British Library MS Additional 61823
  • XI. Illustration : Illustrated Carthusian Miscellany, London, British Library MS Additional 37049
  • XII. Performance : N-Town Plays, London, British Library MS Cotton Vespasian D.viii.

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