Editorial: Liverpool University Press
Colección: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies
Número de páginas: 176 págs.
Fecha de edición: 21-07-2023
EAN: 9781802078572
ISBN: 978-1-80207-857-2
Precio (sin IVA): 117,67 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 122,38 €
Unlike books familiar to us from print culture, every medieval book is unique, the product of individual circumstances of planning, execution, and history. This is a fundamental difficulty for study, particularly for those beginning the investigation of texts in manuscript. There are two conventional ways of approaching this difficulty: explaining the series of processes by which a manuscript book is constructed and explaining how to construct a professional description of a manuscript book. Neither addresses a problem fundamental for beginners: what happens when a librarian presents you with a manuscript?