Revolution and the Antiquarian Book

Revolution and the Antiquarian Book

Author: Kristian Jensen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-01-06

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1107000513

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Examines the late eighteenth-century preoccupation with the acquisition of old books, and the new historical discipline created by traders.


Anthoine Vérard

Anthoine Vérard

Author: Mary Beth Winn

Publisher: Librairie Droz

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 566

ISBN-13: 9782600002196

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Premier des grands marchands-libraires parisiens, éditeur de plus de 280 ouvrages, A. Vérard se proclame être l'"acteur" du livre. Il se fait représenter une trentaine de fois à genoux offrant son livre, et il ajoute à certaines éditions une prière, un poème ou un prologue adressé à son "patron". Edités ici, ces prologues et ces poèmes, accompagnés de miniatures, sont examinés.


The Meaning of Media

The Meaning of Media

Author: Anna Catharina Horn

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2021-05-10

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 3110695499

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The book highlights aspects of mediality and materiality in the dissemination and distribution of texts in the Scandinavian Middle Ages important for achieving a general understanding of the emerging literate culture. In nine chapters various types of texts represented in different media and in a range of materials are treated. The topics include two chapters on epigraphy, on lead amulets and stone monuments inscribed with runes and Roman letters. In four chapters aspects of the manuscript culture is discussed, the role of authorship and of the dissemination of Christian topics in translations. The appropriation of a Latin book culture in the vernaculars is treated as well as the adminstrative use of writing in charters. In the two final chapters topics related to the emerging print culture in early post-medieval manuscripts and prints are discussed with a focus on reception. The range of topics will make the book relevant for scholars from all fields of medieval research as well as those interested in mediality and materiality in general.