Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms

Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms

Brantley, Jessica

University of Pennsylvania Press

12/2022

376

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Inglês

9780812253849

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Preface

Introduction. Reading Medieval Books

Reading Medieval Books: 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

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. Standard Manuscript Description
medieval literature; manuscript; England; literary form; history of the book; media studies; decoration; illustration; illumination; introduction; survey; case study; handbook; teaching; toolkit; scribe; parchment; script; marginalia; codex; paleography; philology; Beowulf; Canterbury Tales; Book of Margery Kempe; illuminated manuscript