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Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Vol. 2 (The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain)

By Nigel Morgan , Rodney M. Thomson

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
052178218X, 9780521782180
LCC
Z8.G7 C364 2007
Open Library ID
OL10437204M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2815108 bytes)
Pages
722\612
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This is the first history of the book in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the early fifteenth century. The twenty-six expert contributors to this volume discuss the manuscript book from a variety of angles: as physical object (manufacture, format, writing and decoration); its purpose and readership (books for monasteries, for the Church's liturgy, for elementary and advanced instruction, for courtly entertainment); and as the vehicle for particular types of text (history, sermons, medical treatises, law and administration, music). In all of this, the broader, changing social and cultural context is kept in mind, and so are the various connections with continental Europe. The volume includes a full bibliography and 80 black and white plates.

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