Women and the Book: Assessing the Visual Evidence (The British Library Studies in Medieval Culture)

Lesley Smith (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0712304983 / ISBN 13: 9780712304986

Published by The British Library Publishing, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Women and the Book: Assessing the Visual Evidence (The British Library Studies in Medieval Culture)
• Publisher: The British Library Publishing
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712304983
• ISBN 13: 9780712304986
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

A collection of writings by 14 scholars which consider the evidence of women's involvement in medieval literary culture through pictorial representations in manuscripts of the period. The contributors also assess the problematic nature of illustrations as historical evidence for our understanding of the lives of medieval women and their involvement with books, whether as comissioners, owners, writers, scribes and illuminators, or as subjects of illustrations. This is the third in the British Library series of monographs and multi-author volumes on all aspects of medieval culture.