Library of the Written Word - The Manuscript World
The
Manuscript World investigates the forms, functions and impact of books, individually and collectively, in their cultural contexts, from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Extending from the era of roll books, through that of the monastic scriptorium and then on, via the age of professional scribes and illuminators serving scholars and princes, to the point when manuscript-makers were responding to the challenge of printing, this long period embraces a sequence of profound changes in the nature of the book. The
Manuscript World accordingly explores the many roles of the hand-written book in all its manifestations, across more than a millennium of human history.
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Communal Creativity in the Making of the 'Beowulf' ManuscriptTowards a History of Reception for the Nowell CodexPublication Date: 17 Apr 2018978-90-04-36086-0
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Rubrics, Images and Indulgences in Late Medieval Netherlandish ManuscriptsPublication Date: 28 Nov 2016978-90-04-32696-5
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Marvel and ArtefactThe 'Wonders of the East' in its manuscript contextsPublication Date: 02 Nov 2015978-90-04-30139-9
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Divine DiagramsThe Manuscripts and Drawings of Paul Lautensack (1477/78-1558)Publication Date: 12 May 2014978-90-04-26237-9
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Images, Texts, and Marginalia in a "Vows of the Peacock" Manuscript (New York, Pierpont Morgan Library MS G24)With a Complete Concordance and Catalogue of Peacock ManuscriptsPublication Date: 09 Aug 2013978-90-04-25083-3
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The Trans-Saharan Book TradeManuscript Culture, Arabic Literacy and Intellectual History in Muslim AfricaEditor(s): Graziano Krätli and Ghislaine LydonPublication Date: 07 Dec 2010978-90-04-19361-1
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'You Shall Surely not Die': The Concepts of Sin and Death as Expressed in the Manuscript Art of Northwestern Europe, c.800-1200 (2 Vols.)Publication Date: 31 Jul 2008978-90-47-44365-0
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What Happened to the Ancient Library of Alexandria?Publication Date: 28 Feb 2008978-90-47-43302-6
Editorial Board
Richard Gameson,
Durham University (Editor-in-Chief)
Martin Kauffmann, The Bodleian Library, Oxford
Erik Kwakkel, Leiden University
Kathryn Rudy, University of St Andrews
Roger S. Wieck, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Martin Kauffmann, The Bodleian Library, Oxford
Erik Kwakkel, Leiden University
Kathryn Rudy, University of St Andrews
Roger S. Wieck, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Review Quotes
“One of the most outstanding series in the field of European book history.”
Mart van Duijn, Leiden University Libraries. In: Quaerendo, Vol. 44, No. 3 (2014).
Mart van Duijn, Leiden University Libraries. In: Quaerendo, Vol. 44, No. 3 (2014).