Author: Edinburgh University LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Mediaeval Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library
Author: Edinburgh University LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Manuscripts
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Mediæval Manuscripts
Author: Catherine R. BorlandPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332291854
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Excerpt from A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Mediaeval Manuscripts: In Edinburgh University Library The present Catalogue deals with a relatively small but exceedingly important section of the manuscript material in the University Library, namely, the western mediaeval manuscripts. It is a section which, in the absence of any complete catalogue, even in the Library itself, has remained comparatively unknown to students; and its value as a whole can scarcely have been realised even by those to whom many of the individual books have long been familiar. So far the only printed catalogues of the western manuscripts in the Library have dealt exclusively with the Laing Collection and with the purely historical part of it, to the neglect of an important section of that Collection itself as well as of the whole of the manuscript material which has been gathered together from time to time from other sources. That much valuable material has thus remained practically inaccessible will naturally be deplored by students. It cannot, in strict honesty, be regretted by the cataloguer, whose task has thereby been rendered more of an adventure than can often be hoped for in an age when historical research has become an industry, and unexplored regions in any field are rare. Before attempting any generalisations as to the nature of the Collection, something must be said regarding the scope of the Catalogue. The term 'mediaeval' in this connection is a general one, of wide reference, not susceptible of exact definition in terms of date. Under it have been included all manuscripts written before 1500, and about sixteen belonging to the sixteenth century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
A Check-list of Middle English Prose Writings of Spiritual Guidance
Author: P. S. JolliffePublisher: PIMS
ISBN: 9780888443519
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE W
Author: Catherine R. BorlandPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781361785034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Mediaeval Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library
Author: Edinburgh University LibraryPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781356278268
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Middle English Book
Author: Michael JohnstonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192699814
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The monograph series Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture showcases the plurilingual and multicultural quality of medieval literature and actively seeks to promote research that not only focuses on the array of subjects medievalists now pursue—in literature, theology, and philosophy, in social, political, jurisprudential, and intellectual history, the history of art, and the history of science—but also that combines these subjects productively. It offers innovative studies on topics that may include, but are not limited to, manuscript and book history; languages and literatures of the global Middle Ages; race and the post-colonial; the digital humanities, media and performance; music; medicine; the history of affect and the emotions; the literature and practices of devotion; the theory and history of gender and sexuality, ecocriticism and the environment; theories of aesthetics; medievalism. The Middle English Book addresses a series of questions about the copying and circulation of literature in late medieval England: How do we make sense of the variety of manuscripts surviving from this period? Who copied and disseminated these diverse manuscripts? Who read the literary texts that they transmit? And what was the relationship between those copying literature and those reading it? To answer these questions, this book examines 202 literary manuscripts from the period 1350 to 1500. First, this study suggests that most surviving manuscripts fall into four categories, depending on the proximity and relationship of that manuscript's scribes and readers. But beyond proposing these new categories, this book also looks at the history of writing practices, and demonstrates the ubiquity of bureaucracies within late medieval England. As a result, The Middle English Book argues that literary production was a decentered affair, one that took place within these numerous, modest, yet complex, bureaucracies. But this book also argues that, because literary production arose in such scattered bureaucracies, manuscripts were local products, produced within the cultural and economic milieu of their users. Manuscripts thus form a fundamentally different sort of cultural artefact than the printed books with which we are familiar—a form of centralized, urbanized, and commercialized textual production that was just over the historical horizon in late medieval England.
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the University of Edinburgh
Author: Edinburgh University LibraryPublisher: Edinburgh : T. and A. Constable
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1404
Book Description
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Mediæval Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library
Author: Catherine R BorlandPublisher:
ISBN: 9789354184871
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Medieval Iconography
Author: John B. FriedmanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000525104
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
First published in 1998, the present volume aims to help the researcher locate visual motifs, whether in medieval art or in literature, and to understand how they function in yet other medieval literary or artistic works.
Kind Neighbours: Scottish Saints and Society in the Later Middle Ages
Author: Tom TurpiePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004298681
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
In Kind Neighbours Tom Turpie explores devotion to Scottish saints and their shrines in the later middle ages. He provides fresh insight into the role played by these saints in the legal and historical arguments for Scottish independence, and the process by which first Andrew, and later Ninian, were embraced as patron saints of the Scots. Kind Neighbours also explains the appeal of the most popular Scottish saints of the period and explores the relationship between regional shrines and the Scottish monarchy. Rejecting traditional interpretations based around church-led patriotism or crown patronage, Turpie draws on a wide range of sources to explain how religious, political and environmental changes in the later middle ages shaped devotion to the saints in Scotland.