Turning Over a New Leaf: Change and Development in the Medieval Book by Kwakkel, Erik

Turning Over a New Leaf: Change and Development in the Medieval Book (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789087281557)

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Turning Over a New Leaf: Change and Development in the Medieval Book by Kwakkel, Erik

Turning Over a New Leaf: Change and Development in the Medieval Book

$49.00
Turning Over a New Leaf: Change and Development in the Medieval Book by Kwakkel, Erik

Turning Over a New Leaf: Change and Development in the Medieval Book

$49.00
Format: Paperback
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Books before print - manuscripts - were modified continuously throughout the medieval period. Focusing on the ninth and twelfth centuries, this volume explores such material changes as well as the varying circumstances under which handwritten books were produced, used and collected. An important theme is the relationship between the physical book and its users. Can we reflect on reading practices through an examination of the layout of a text? To what extent can we use the contents of libraries to understand the culture of the book? The volume explores such issues by focusing on a broad palette of texts and through a detailed analysis of manuscripts from all corners of Europe.

Author: Erik Kwakkel
ISBN-10: 9087281552
ISBN-13: 9789087281557
Publisher: Leiden University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2012
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.60w x 0.60d
By Erik Kwakkel
By Erik Kwakkel
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Erik Kwakkel teaches at Leiden University, where he directs the research project 'Turning over a New Leaf: Manuscript Innovation in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance'. Rosamond McKitterick is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge. Rodney Thomson is Emeritus Professor at the School of History and Classics at the University of Tasmania (Hobart, Australia).

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