Medieval Texts In Context (context And Genre In English Literature)
by Graham Caie /
2008 / English / PDF
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This collection of essays by leading experts in manuscript
studies sheds new light on ways to approach medieval texts in
their manuscript context. Each contribution provides
groundbreaking insight into the field of medieval textual
culture, demonstrating the various interconnections between
medieval material and literary traditions. The contributors’ work
aids reconstruction of the period’s writing practices, as
contextual factors surrounding the texts provide clues to the
‘manuscript experience’. Topics such as scribal practice and
textual providence, glosses, rubrics, page lay-out, and even page
ruling, are addressed in a manner illustrative and suggestive of
textual practice of the time, while the volume further considers
the interface between the manuscript and early textual
communities.
This collection of essays by leading experts in manuscript
studies sheds new light on ways to approach medieval texts in
their manuscript context. Each contribution provides
groundbreaking insight into the field of medieval textual
culture, demonstrating the various interconnections between
medieval material and literary traditions. The contributors’ work
aids reconstruction of the period’s writing practices, as
contextual factors surrounding the texts provide clues to the
‘manuscript experience’. Topics such as scribal practice and
textual providence, glosses, rubrics, page lay-out, and even page
ruling, are addressed in a manner illustrative and suggestive of
textual practice of the time, while the volume further considers
the interface between the manuscript and early textual
communities.
Looking at medieval inventories of books no longer extant, and
addressing questions such as ownership, reading practices and
textual production, Medieval Texts in Context addresses the
fundamental interpretative issue of how scribe-editors worked
with an eye to their intended audience. An understanding of the
world inhabited by the scribal community is made use of to
illuminate the rationale behind the manufacture of devotional
texts. The combination of approaches to the medieval vernacular
manuscript presented in this volume is unique, marking a major,
innovative contribution to manuscript studies.
Looking at medieval inventories of books no longer extant, and
addressing questions such as ownership, reading practices and
textual production, Medieval Texts in Context addresses the
fundamental interpretative issue of how scribe-editors worked
with an eye to their intended audience. An understanding of the
world inhabited by the scribal community is made use of to
illuminate the rationale behind the manufacture of devotional
texts. The combination of approaches to the medieval vernacular
manuscript presented in this volume is unique, marking a major,
innovative contribution to manuscript studies.
