Writing Beyond Pen and Parchment | Inscribed Objects in Medieval European Literature

Ricarda Wagner (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 3110645432 / ISBN 13: 9783110645439

Published by De Gruyter, 2019

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Writing Beyond Pen and Parchment | Inscribed Objects in Medieval European Literature | Ricarda Wagner (u. a.) | Buch | VIII | Englisch | 2019 | De Gruyter | EAN 9783110645439 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, De Gruyter GmbH, Genthiner Str. 13, 10785 Berlin, productsafety[at]degruyterbrill[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing Beyond Pen and Parchment | Inscribed Objects in Medieval European Literature
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110645432
• ISBN 13: 9783110645439
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 27W x 175H x 245D millimeters 27 millimeters width by 175 millimeters height by 245 millimeters depth
• Weight: 969 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

What can stories of magical engraved rings or prophetic inscriptions on walls tell us about how writing was perceived before print transformed the world? Writing beyond Pen and Parchment introduces readers to a Middle Ages where writing is not confined to manuscripts but is inscribed in the broader material world, in textiles and tombs, on weapons or human skin. Drawing on the work done at the Collaborative Research Centre “Material Text Cultures,” (SFB 933) this volume presents a comparative overview of how and where text-bearing artefacts appear in medieval German, Old Norse, British, French, Italian and Iberian literary traditions, and also traces the paths inscribed objects chart across multiple linguistic and cultural traditions. The volume’s focus on the raw materials and practices that shaped artefacts both mundane or fantastical in medieval narratives offers a fresh perspective on the medieval world that takes seriously the vibrancy of matter as a vital aspect of textual culture often overlooked.

About the Author

R.Wagner, Univ. of Bern, Switzerland, C. Neufeld, Eastern Michigan Univ, USA and L. Lieb, Heidelberg Univ., Germany.