Inscribing Knowledge in the Medieval Book - The Power of Paratexts (Hardcover)

This collection of essays examines how the paratextual apparatus of medieval manuscripts both inscribes and expresses power relations between the producers and consumers of knowledge in this important period of intellectual history. It seeks to define which paratextual features - annotations, commentaries, corrections, glosses, images, prologues, rubrics, and titles - are common to manuscripts from different branches of medieval knowledge and how they function in any particular discipline. It reveals how these visual expressions of power that organize and compile thought on the written page are consciously applied, negotiated or resisted by authors, scribes, artists, patrons and readers. This collection, which brings together scholars from the history of the book, law, science, medicine, literature, art, philosophy and music, interrogates the role played by paratexts in establishing authority, constructing bodies of knowledge, promoting education, shaping reader response, and preserving or subverting tradition in medieval manuscript culture.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
Release date:	2020
Editors:	Rosalind Brown-Grant (Professor of Late Medieval French Literature) • Patrizia Carmassi (Researcher) • Gisela Drossbach (Professor of European Regional History) • Anne D. Hedeman (Professor of Medieval Art History) • Victoria Turner (Lecturer in French) • Iolanda Ventura (Assistant Professor of History of Science)
Dimensions:	230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	411
ISBN-13:	978-1-5015-1788-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Antiques & collectables > Books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter Books > Social sciences > Education > General Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian worship > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Western philosophy, c 500 to c 1600 > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian worship > General Books > Christianity > Christian Worship Promotions
LSN:	1-5015-1788-0
Barcode:	9781501517884

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