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Cambridge II (Paperback)
Ann Eljenholm Nichols, Holly James - Maddocks
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Essays bringing out the richness and vibrancy of pre-modern textual
culture in all its variety. Linne R. Mooney, Emeritus Professor of
Palaeography at the University of York, has significantly advanced
the study of later medieval English book production, particularly
our knowledge of individual scribes; this collection honours her
distinguished scholarship and responds to her wide-ranging research
on Middle English manuscripts and texts. The thirteen essays
brought together here take a variety of approaches -
palaeographical, codicological, dialectal, textual, art historical
- to the study of the English medieval book and to the varied
environments (professional, administrative, mercantile,
ecclesiastical) where manuscripts were produced and used during the
period 1300-1550. Acknowledging that books and readers are no
respecters of borders, this collection's geographical scope extends
beyond England in the east to Ghent and Flanders, and in the west
to Waterford and the Dublin Pale. Contributors explore manuscripts
containing works by key writers, including Geoffrey Chaucer, John
Gower, John Wyclif, and Walter Hilton. Major texts whose manuscript
traditions are scrutinized include Speculum Vitae, the Scale of
Perfection, the Canterbury Tales, and Confessio Amantis, along with
a wide range of shorter works such as lyric poems, devotional
texts, and historical chronicles. London book-making activities and
the scribal cultures of other cities and monastic centres all
receive attention, as does the book production of personal
miscellanies. By considering both literary texts and the letters,
charters, and writs that medieval scribes produced, in Latin and
Anglo-French as well as English, this collection celebrates
Professor Mooney's influence on the field and presents a holistic
sense of England's pre-modern textual culture.
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