Re-using Manuscripts in Late Medieval England

Repairing, Recycling, Sharing

AvHannah Ryley

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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A fresh appraisal of late medieval manuscript culture in England, examining the ways in which people sustained older books, exploring the practices and processes by which manuscripts were crafted, mended, protected, marked, gifted and shared.During the "long fifteenth century" (here, 1375-1530), the demand for books in England flourished. The fast-developing book trade produced them in great quantity. Fragments of manuscripts were often repurposed, as flyleaves and other components such as palimpsests; and alongside the creation of new books, medieval manuscripts were also repaired, recycled and re-used. This monograph examines the ways in which people sustained older books, exploring the practices and processes by which manuscripts were crafted, mended, protected, marked, gifted and shared. Drawing on the codicological evidence gathered from an extensive survey of extant manuscript collections, in conjunction with historical accounts, recipes and literary texts, it presents detailed case studies exploring parchment production and recycling, the re-use of margins, and second-hand exchanges of books. Its engagement with the evidence in - and inscribed on - surviving books enables a fresh appraisal of late medieval manuscript culture in England, looking at how people went about re-using books, and arguing that over the course of this period, books were made, used and re-used in a myriad of sustainable ways.

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-08-16
Mått:170 x 240 x 22 mm
Vikt:570 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:York Manuscript and Early Print Studies
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:York Medieval Press
ISBN:9781914049064

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HANNAH RYLEY is Lecturer in Early Medieval English at Balliol College, Oxford; she also teaches for the Faculty of English at the University of Oxford.

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One is not likely to see parchment at the various stages of its life cycle in quite the same way after reading it... should be standard reading for students who wish to acquaint themselves with manuscript production and use.

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List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsTranscription ConventionsIntroduction1. Making Parchment for Books2. Re-using Parchment in Books3. Making Marks on Books4. Second-hand BooksConclusionsBibliography Index

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