Nordic Latin manuscript fragments the destruction and reconstruction of medieval books
Much of what is known about the past often rests upon the chance survival of objects and texts. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the fragments of medieval manuscripts re-used as book bindings in the 16th and 17th centuries. Such fragments provide a tantalising, yet often problematic glimps...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, Ny
Taylor & Francis
2017
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Much of what is known about the past often rests upon the chance survival of objects and texts. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the fragments of medieval manuscripts re-used as book bindings in the 16th and 17th centuries. Such fragments provide a tantalising, yet often problematic glimpse into the manuscript culture of the middle ages. Exploring the opportunities and difficulties such documents provide, this volume concentrates on the c. 50,000 fragments of medieval Latin manuscripts stored in archives across the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. This large, yet discrete, collection of fragments (mostly from liturgical works) provides rich evidence about European Latin book culture, both in general and in specific relation to the far north of Europe, one of the last areas of Europe to be converted to Christianity. As the essays in this volume reveal, individual and groups of fragments can play a key role in increasing and advancing knowledge about the acquisition and production of medieval books, and in helping to distinguish locally made books from imported ones. In particular the fragments illuminate the manner in which imported books influenced local production with a clarity that can often be difficult to determine in areas of Europe where such systematic research of this type has not yet been undertaken |
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| Beschreibung: | xii, 279 Seiten, 24 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten, Notenbeispiele, Faksimile |
| ISBN: | 9781472478580 978-1-472-47858-0 1472478584 1-472-47858-4 |