8vo (24 cm), xxiii, 428 pp. Laminated wrappers (minor shelf wear). Boekhistorische Reeks, vol. 2. Proceedings of the fourth international "Codicologendagen," held at the University of Groningen, 8-11 October 1996, with approximately 140 participants from nine countries. The volume brings together twenty scholarly contributions addressing the material, textual, visual, and institutional history of medieval books and libraries. Essays are published in German, English, French, and Dutch, reflecting the international scope of contemporary codicological research. The papers are organised into five thematic sections: codicological evidence; textual information; visual aspects; current research; thematic approaches; and the inventorisation of medieval books. Topics include manuscript description and reconstruction, the organisation and history of medieval libraries, illumination and book production, and emerging methodologies for cataloguing and analysing manuscript collections. Contributors include Gerritsen-Geywitz, Stahl, Cockx-Indestege, F�rbeth, Overgaauw, Schlusemann, Kock, Gumbert, Klein, Bondeelle-Souchier, Peyrafort-Huin, Hemfort, Geurts, As-Vijvers, H�lsmann, Smeyers, Maniaci, Muzerelle, Ornato, Reynolds, Soszy?ski, Warnar, Bouwman, Michael, Riecke, and Bodemann. A substantial interdisciplinary conference volume offering an overview of late twentieth-century approaches to codicology, manuscript studies, library history, and the documentation of medieval written culture.

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Sources for the History of Medieval Books and Libraries

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Egbert Forsten, Groningen

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

9069801132

ISBN 13

9789069801131

Binding

Soft cover

Condition

Very Good

Weight

1100 grams

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