Manuscript Communication Visual and Textual Mechanics of Communication in Hagiographical Texts f rom the Southern Low Countries, 900-1200

Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy(USML 32) T. Snijders Manuscript Communication Visual and Textual Mechanics of Communication in Hagiographical Texts from the Southern Low Countries, 900-1200 XVIII+493 p., 24 b/w ill. + 5 colour ill. + 23 Graphs, 38 b/w tables, 156 x 234 mm, 2015 ISBN: 978-2-503-55294-1 Languages: English Hardback The publication is available. Retail price: EUR 140,00 Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy(USML 32) T. Snijders Manuscript Communication Visual and Textual Mechanics of Communication in Hagiographical Texts from the Southern Low Countries, 900-1200 Add to basket -> XVIII+493 p., 24 b/w ill. + 5 colour ill. + 23 Graphs, 38 b/w tables, 156 x 234 mm, 2015 ISBN: 978-2-503-55294-1 Languages: English Hardback This book investigates how medieval abbeys in the Southern LowCountries used hagiographical manuscripts as a communicative toThis study investigates how medieval abbeys in the Southern Low Countries used hagiographical manuscripts as a communicative tool. Four basic questions are addressed: How did layout influence a manuscript's communicative potential? Was manuscript communication influenced by its composition? How did the flexibility of texts and manuscripts influence their communicative function? And how did the position of the monastery within the monastic landscape influence manuscript communication? Ranging from in-depth case studies to discussions of structure and agency in manuscript terminology and layout in the aftermath of New Philology, this book argues that the High Middle Ages witnessed a fundamental process of manuscript diversification and specialisation, which was at the basis of the thirteenth-century revolution in manuscript layout. This led twelfth-century monks to start conceptualising the manuscript as an object with fixed contents, which was to be used and copied as a whole. Consequently, the production and spread of saints' lives became part of a process of ideological homogenisation among Benedictine monasteries and started a crucial development in medieval literacy. Awarded the Mgr. Charles De Clercq award from the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (2012) and the five-yearly Flemish Award for Historical Sciences of the Academische Stichting Leuven (2013). Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations List of Figures and Plates Chapter 1. Introduction Part I Chapter 2. Black Monks in the Southern Low Countries (900-1200) The First Wave of Reforms (Late Ninth-Late Tenth Century) The Second Wave of Reforms (Mid-Eleventh Century) The Third Wave of Reforms (Late Eleventh and Early Twelfth Century) The Fourth Wave of Reforms (the Mid-Twelfth Century) The End of the Twelfth Century Conclusion Chapter 3. Research Parameters for Manuscript Analysis Manuscript Production Relations between Scriptoria Manuscript Layout between Structure and Agency The Communicative Possibilities of Manuscript Layout Codicological Composition Manuscript Dimensions Legibility, Writing Intensity and Exploitation Tables of Contents Titles and Rubrics Use of Colours Initials Punctuation and Litterae Notabiliores Miniatures, Illustrations and Sketches Value Conclusion Chapter 10. Conclusion Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index of Manuscripts General Index Plates Size: 156 x234 mm. …