{"product_id":"introduction-to-manuscript-studies-paperback-softback-9780801487088","title":"Introduction to Manuscript Studies (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801487088","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIntroduction to Manuscript Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaymond Clemens (Author), Timothy Graham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801487088\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 January 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e30.5 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm, 1.814 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding a comprehensive and accessible orientation to the field of medieval manuscript studies, this lavishly illustrated book by Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham is unique among handbooks on paleography, codicology, and manuscript illumination in its scope and level of detail. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt will be of immeasurable help to students in history, art history, literature, and religious studies who are encountering medieval manuscripts for the first time, while also appealing to advanced scholars and general readers interested in the history of the book before the age of print.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Manuscript Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e features three sections:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Part 1, \u003cb\u003e\"Making the Medieval Manuscript,\"\u003c\/b\u003e offers an in-depth examination of the process of manuscript production, from the preparation of the writing surface through the stages of copying the text, rubrication, decoration, glossing, and annotation to the binding and storage of the completed codex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Part 2, \u003cb\u003e\"Reading the Medieval Manuscript,\"\u003c\/b\u003e focuses on the skills necessary for the successful study of manuscripts, with chapters on transcribing and editing; reading texts damaged by fire, water, insects, and other factors; assessing evidence for origin and provenance; and describing and cataloguing manuscripts. This part ends with a survey of sixteen medieval scripts dating from the eighth to the fifteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Part 3, \u003cb\u003e\"Some Manuscript Genres,\"\u003c\/b\u003e provides an analysis of several of the most frequently encountered types of medieval manuscripts, including Bibles and biblical concordances, liturgical service books, Books of Hours, charters and cartularies, maps, and rolls and scrolls. The book concludes with an extensive glossary, a guide to dictionaries of medieval Latin, and a bibliography subdivided and keyed to the subsections of the volume's chapters. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvery chapter in this magisterial guidebook features numerous color plates that exemplify each aspect described in the text and are drawn primarily from the collections of the Newberry Library in Chicago and the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Making the Medieval Manuscript\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Writing Supports\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Text and Decoration\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Correction, Glossing, and Annotation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Assembling, Binding, and Storing the Completed Manuscript\u003cb\u003ePart II. Reading the Medieval Manuscript\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. Working with Medieval Manuscripts\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Punctuation and Abbreviation\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. Encounters with Damaged Manuscripts\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8, Assessing Manuscript Origin and Provenance\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Manuscript Description\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. Selected Scripts\u003cb\u003ePart III: Some Manuscript Genres\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11, The Bible and Related Texts\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12. Liturgical Books and Their Calendars\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13. Books of Hours\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14. Charters and Cartularies\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15. Maps\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16. Rolls and Scrolls\u003cb\u003eAppendix: Tools for the Study of Medieval Latin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e by Anders Winroth\u003ci\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52653254213912,"sku":"9780801487088","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/introduction-to-manuscript-studies-paperback-softback-9780801487088","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}