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Nordic Latin Manuscript Fragments
The Destruction and Reconstruction of Medieval Books
Taschenbuch von Åslaug Ommundsen (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Much of what is known about the past often rests upon the chance survival of objects and texts. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the fragments of medieval manuscripts re-used as bookbindings in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Such fragments provide a tantalizing, yet often problematic glimpse into the manuscript culture of the Middle Ages. Exploring the opportunities and difficulties such documents provide, this volume concentrates on the c. 50,000 fragments of medieval Latin manuscripts stored in archives across the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. This large collection of fragments (mostly from liturgical works) provides rich evidence about European Latin book culture, both in general and in specific relation to the far north of Europe, one of the last areas of Europe to be converted to Christianity.

As the essays in this volume reveal, individual and groups of fragments can play a key role in increasing and advancing knowledge about the acquisition and production of medieval books, and in helping to distinguish locally made books from imported ones. Taking an imaginative approach to the source material, the volume goes beyond a strictly medieval context to integrate early modern perspectives that help illuminate the pattern of survival and loss of Latin manuscripts through post-Reformation practices concerning reuse of parchment. In so doing it demonstrates how the use of what might at first appear to be unpromising source material can offer unexpected and rewarding insights into diverse areas of European history and the history of the medieval book.

Much of what is known about the past often rests upon the chance survival of objects and texts. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the fragments of medieval manuscripts re-used as bookbindings in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Such fragments provide a tantalizing, yet often problematic glimpse into the manuscript culture of the Middle Ages. Exploring the opportunities and difficulties such documents provide, this volume concentrates on the c. 50,000 fragments of medieval Latin manuscripts stored in archives across the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. This large collection of fragments (mostly from liturgical works) provides rich evidence about European Latin book culture, both in general and in specific relation to the far north of Europe, one of the last areas of Europe to be converted to Christianity.

As the essays in this volume reveal, individual and groups of fragments can play a key role in increasing and advancing knowledge about the acquisition and production of medieval books, and in helping to distinguish locally made books from imported ones. Taking an imaginative approach to the source material, the volume goes beyond a strictly medieval context to integrate early modern perspectives that help illuminate the pattern of survival and loss of Latin manuscripts through post-Reformation practices concerning reuse of parchment. In so doing it demonstrates how the use of what might at first appear to be unpromising source material can offer unexpected and rewarding insights into diverse areas of European history and the history of the medieval book.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 304
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780367881696
ISBN-10: 0367881691
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Åslaug Ommundsen
Tuomas Heikkilä
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis
Maße: 234 x 156 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Åslaug Ommundsen (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2019
Gewicht: 0,453 kg
preigu-id: 128564837
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 304
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780367881696
ISBN-10: 0367881691
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Redaktion: Åslaug Ommundsen
Tuomas Heikkilä
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis
Maße: 234 x 156 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Åslaug Ommundsen (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.12.2019
Gewicht: 0,453 kg
preigu-id: 128564837
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